The resignations are related to the parties organized in Downing Street, as well as accusations of inaction by the opposition in a notorious case of sexual abuse.
four senior officials of the Government of the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, They presented their resignation this Thursdayas confirmed by a government spokesman.
This spokesman has indicated that the Chief of Staff, Dan Rosenfield; Johnson’s private secretary, the official Martin Reynolds; the director of Government Communications, Jack Doyle; and the head of the political department, Munira Mirza.
The prime minister “has accepted” the resignations, according to the source, who added that they will remain in their posts until replacements are found.
According to information released in recent weeks, Rosenfield and Reynolds, the last to announce their resignations, were involved in the parties organized in Downing Street against the restrictions due to the pandemic, twelve of which are now being investigated by the Police.
Reynolds reportedly invited a hundred people to a party on May 20, 2020, urging them to bring alcohol to “take advantage of the nice weather.” Johnson has admitted that he did attend the event, though he says he thought it was “work.”
The march of these collaborators of the conservative leader adds to two other resignations also announced today, those of Doyle and Mirza.
The news of Doyle’s departure had been advanced by the newspaper “The Daily Mail”, where he previously worked, which has pointed out that his resignation is not related to Mirza’s previous one, much more painful and politically significant for the prime minister.
According to the newspaper, the resigned, also implicated in the party scandal, has explained to his colleagues that always intended to work “only two years” in the Governmentwhere he entered in 2020, and acknowledged that the last few weeks of criticism “have taken their toll” on his family life.
Mirza, who accompanied the leader since his time as mayor of London, has resigned for some accusations unfounded statements he made to opposition leader Keir Starmer about his alleged inactionwhen he was director of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, in a notorious case of sexual abuse starring the late presenter Jimmy Savile.
In her resignation letter, the adviser tells him that she believes he was “wrong to suggest that Starmer was personally responsible for allowing Jimmy Savile to escape justice” and regrets that he did not recant and apologize as she had advised.
The adviser was considered to be one of the closest people to Johnson, who still hounded to resign by the opposition and within his party.
Source: Eitb
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