Johnson announces internal changes after the party report because “apologizing is not enough”

The British Prime Minister has assured that the main thing now is to “learn” from the mistakes made with the celebration of the holidays, and has said that he will correct the problems of structures and accountability.

The British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, announced this Monday before Parliament that he will undertake changes in the internal functioning of the Government, because “asking for forgiveness is not enough”, after learning of the interim report of senior official Sue Gray about parties in Downing Street during the pandemic.

Johnson has assured that the main thing now is to “learn” from the mistakes made with the celebration of the holidays, and has said that he will correct the problems of structures and accountability that made possible those “leadership failures” that the report criticizes. Gray.

“First I want to apologize for the things we did not do well, and also for the way this matter has been managed (…) But it is not enough to apologize. It is a time to look in the mirror and we must learn” , said the Prime Minister in the House of Commons.

Among these reforms, he has announced that he will create the function of a “permanent secretary” to oversee the functioning of the prime minister’s offices, although he has not offered further details.

I get it and I’ll fix it. I want to tell people that I know what the problem is. And the government can be trusted to figure it out. We said we would complete Brexit and we did,” he added.


Source: Eitb

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