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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that he will step down as leader of the Conservative Party, effectively stepping down as prime minister.
Prime Minister Johnson has been under pressure to resign due to inappropriate greetings and false explanations following a party gate that violated the corona quarantine measures, but the controversy continues, saying that he will continue to hold the post of prime minister until a new prime minister is elected.
Correspondent Jang Min-seong.
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] British Prime Minister Boris Johnson appeared in front of the prime minister's residence in Downing Street, London.
Prime Minister Johnson announced that he would step down as leader of the Conservative Party, he said.
[Boris Johnson/Prime Minister of the United Kingdom: Some of you are probably disappointed (with my decision to resign).
I want you to know how sad it is for me to give up the best thing in the world.]
But he said he would remain prime minister until a new prime minister was elected.
[Boris Johnson/Prime Minister of the United Kingdom: I have appointed a cabinet that I will take over as far as I can until the new Prime Minister takes office.]
The demand for Prime Minister Johnson's resignation was last week after Fincher's Conservative Party leader got drunk and molested two men. It started when an incident happened.
Rep. Fincher had a history of gender equality committees before, and it was claimed that Prime Minister Johnson appointed him as floor leader knowing this.
As the personnel controversy and morality controversy added, the demand for resignation spread out of control, and as more than 40 ministers and staff resigned one after another, the cabinet was pushed to the brink of collapse and could not stand it.
Johnson's successors include former Treasury Secretary Sunak, former Health Minister Javid and Defense Secretary Ben Wallace.
The Conservative Party is expected to hold primary elections in the summer and elect a new prime minister in early October.