The resignation of more than 30 conservative leaders cornered the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom who tries to resist at all costs, and assures that he will remain in office.
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The trickle of resignations continues this Wednesday in the Government of the United Kingdom, with several exits that further increase the pressure on the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, on account of the changes of version on the controversial appointment of a senior position of the conservative group in the House of Commons.
Downing Street initially maintained that Johnson was unaware of the accusations of sexual harassment against one of those in charge of maintaining voting discipline in the ‘tory’ bench, Chris Pincher, but the ‘premier’ ended up acknowledging that he knew of the deputy’s behavior and regretted your appointment.
As announced by the BBC, the main ministers of the British Government will “shortly” ask the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, to resign, considering it “untenable” that he continue as head of the Government after the “flurry of resignations among his team”. Otherwise, they will present his resignation and everything indicates that in his training they will look for any formula to force him out.
Johnson has learned of the intentions of his collaborators during an appearance this afternoon before the liaison committee of the House of Commons and, after a few moments of confusion, has continued to answer questions from deputies. He wanted to make it clear that his intention is to stay in the post and that he does not contemplate resignation: “The job of a prime minister in difficult circumstances when he has been given a colossal mandate is to continue and that is what I am going to do”, has said.
The deputies have asked him if, given that he has lost the confidence of his ministers and at least half of his parliamentary group, he will resign and facilitate primary elections in the Conservative Party to choose his replacement. Johnson has responded that he will “remain in office” and continue to “do the job” for which he was overwhelmingly elected in the December 12, 2019 general election.
More than 30 resignations in the Government
To date, the Minister of the Economy, Rishi Sunak, and the Minister of Health, Sajid Javid, have submitted their resignations, and a total of 28 Secretaries of State and other ministerial positions have succeeded them. The most recent have been the resignations announced by Secretaries of State Rachel Maclean, Kemi Badenoch, Julia Lopez, Mims Davies, Lee Rowley, Neil O’Brien and Alex Burghart.
Among Johnson’s closest group of allies, former Cabinet Minister Liam Fox has also joined the voices calling for Johnson to step down.
In a letter posted on his Twitter account, Fox points out in a message addressed to the Chief Executive that the events of recent days have “convinced” him that “unfortunately he cannot continue leading the Conservative Party and, even more importantly, our country”.
“We’ve lost too many good people in government who couldn’t reconcile their loyalty to you with their conscience. I share this sentiment,” Fox explains.
Johnson has apologized in recent months for the successive controversies in which he has been involved, but has refused to give in to the voices that, both within his party and from the opposition, ask him to resign.
Theoretically, he is protected until June 2023 against a new motion of censure from his own colleagues, although some ‘tories’ advocate changing the rules so that it is not necessary to wait a year between votes.
Source: Eitb
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