London. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, whose position is in the balance due to the Downing Street party scandal during restrictions, defended himself in front of deputies on Monday, January 31, following the publication of a report exposing “leadership failures”.
“I understand that and I will fix it,” he assured in the House of Commons, confirming that he regrets the many parties held in Downing Street in 2020 and 2021, where his offices and official residence are, when the anticovid rules forbade it and many Britons could not even say goodbye to their loved ones.
“I know what the question is: ‘can this government be trusted to deliver?'” He said. “Yes, you can,” he assured, defending his work in favor of Brexit and vowing against the coronavirus and administrative changes in his services.
After investigating a total of 16 social events, from Christmas celebrations to birthday or farewell parties, held in government agencies between 2020 and 2021 against the anti-covid rules, senior official Sue Gray concluded that “there have been failures of leadership and judgment by different parties in Downing Street and in the Cabinet Office at different times. “
However, the report is very vague about the events involved, as 12 of them are being investigated by the police and the police have asked that not just a “minimal” reference be made to it to avoid interference.
This delayed the delivery and publication of the report by a week, which had to be amended to release a reduced “version”.
And for that reason, it does not give details about who organized the parties and participated, how they developed or how much the prime minister knew.
The so-called “party holes”, or party scandal, has become a snowball that threatens to destroy Johnson in his path.
Reference-www.eleconomista.com.mx