Boris Johnson has “deliberately misled” the British Parliament with his statements on Partygate. This is the opinion of the special commission of inquiry which investigated the profession and conduct of the former prime minister during the coronavirus crisis. According to the committee, Johnson also broke the rules of the House of Commons by already speaking out the preliminary conclusions of the committee, when he had not yet been allowed to publish them.
The committee believes Johnson should be suspended for 90 days, but the former prime minister already saw the storm coming and left last week.
Drinks
The committee investigated drinking and partying in government buildings during the coronavirus period, including the Prime Minister’s official residence at 10 Downing Street. Those parties, which featured influential politicians, were against the rules that the rest of the British population had to respect Keep. Johnson deliberately misinformed parliament about this, is the firm conclusion of the committee. Previously, Johnson has maintained that he did not tell the truth, but that he did not do it on purpose.
Contempt
Contempt for the House of Commons, the committee judges and also for Johnson booing on this. Shortly before Johnson resigned as MP, he said the committee wanted to oust him from the Commons. Johnson had access to the preliminary findings of the report before publication and resigned as a member of the House of Commons shortly thereafter.
‘This research touches the heart of our democracy. Deceiving the Chamber is not a technical matter, but a matter of great importance,” the commission writes in its conclusions. If ministers cannot be trusted to tell the truth, the Chamber cannot do its job and public trust it is undermined in our democracy. If a minister with the best intentions makes a mistake and then corrects it, democracy works as it should.”
harassment
The commission also believes that the former prime minister tried to intimidate the commission of inquiry. Johnson should not receive a special pass for former members that gives him access to parliament, the committee believes. Incidentally, the committee’s conclusions have no legal standing: it is up to the House of Commons itself to attribute consequences to Johnson’s behaviour.
After seeing the commission’s preliminary findings last week, Johnson immediately called for publicity and said there was a political showdown. Then he retired as a parliamentarian. Now, however, he calls the findings “nonsense” in a lengthy statement. According to him, the meetings were necessary business meetings, especially in the fight against the corona.
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Source: BNR
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