British Prime Minister, Boris Johnsonand its head of Economy, Rishi Sunakface calls for resignation after confirming who have been fined by the Police for attending illegal parties in Downing Street during the pandemic lockdown.
Carrie Johnsonthe wife of the head of government and mother of his two minor children, will also receive a sanction, among fifty penalties that Scotland Yard has already issued.
The political opposition as a whole has called for the immediate dismissal of Johnson and Sunak for having misled the electorate and Parliamentalthough the conservative leader is in a relatively safe position with the support of his deputies, who approve of his management during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Johnson, who has become the first active head of government in the United Kingdom to be sanctioned for breaking the law, apologized this afternoon for having broken the rules, but pushed away the possibility of resigning from office..
“I want to be able to continue with the mandate that I have and address the problems that the country is facing, make sure that we meet what the people expect. That is my priority,” he said.
The fines that both the prime minister and his wife have already paid amount to 50 pounds each (60 euros), according to British media.
“My position remains that the prime minister’s misleading the House of Commons is very serious, but we are in the midst of an international crisis and I am not about to give (Russian President) Vladimir Putin the consolation of to think that we are going to fire the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom”he stated.
In addition to the police investigation, in January the official Sue Gray published a partial report on the infamous parties – including one held on the eve of Prince Philip’s funeral on April 17, 2021 -, in which she criticized the “lack of leadership” in the Executive and “excessive alcohol consumption”.
Pressure on Johnson could mount when Gray releases all of his findings or if it is concluded that the prime minister did indeed mislead Parliament.
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