Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that he is resigning “immediately” before the release of an investigation report into whether the Privileges Committee “deliberately or irresponsibly” misled the British parliament about parties. The report has not yet been released, but Johnson is known to have received a copy of the report.
REMARKABLE STATEMENTS IN THE LETTER OF REsignation
Former Prime Minister Johnson announced in his resignation letter that he was resigning from the Uxbridge and South Ruislip constituency, which he represented as a member of the ruling Conservative Party.
“In a letter I received from the Privileges Committee, they made it clear that they were determined to use cases against me to get me out of parliament,” Johnson wrote in his letter. used the phrase.
Expressing that he is very sorry to leave the constituency, Johnson noted that it is a great honor for him to serve his constituency both as mayor and as a member of parliament.
Johnson argued that the committee “still has not provided the slightest evidence that I have deliberately or irresponsibly misled parliament”.
On the other hand, Boris Johnson claimed from the beginning that the purpose of the committee was to find him guilty regardless of the facts.
RESPONSIVE PARTIES IN HOUSING
In the UK, police launched an investigation at the beginning of last year after reports of 12 incidents allegedly violating Covid-19 restrictions in 2020 and 2021. As part of the investigation, Johnson was fined for attending his own birthday party.
The Prime Minister of the time, Johnson, apologized on May 12 after being fined for violating the Kovid-19 rules, but announced that he would not resign from his post.
After the police investigation, senior undersecretary Sue Gray also published her report on the parties. In the report, it was reported that during the Kovid-19 restrictions, most of the rules were violated at the parties held in the Prime Ministry, and the cleaning and security personnel were also faced with “unacceptable” treatment.
In the report, it was pointed out that many events held in the Prime Ministry at that time should not be allowed to be held, and it was noted that the personnel who expressed their concerns were not respected.
In his statement on March 21, Johnson admitted that he misled the parliament about his participation in parties that violated the quarantine rules in the Prime Ministry during the Kovid-19 epidemic, but argued that he did not do this “intentionally”. (AA)