According to the British Sunday Times, on Sunday, June 5, 2022, officials in the ruling British Conservative Party intend to vote on the impeachment of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in a move that challenges him to lead the government.
A growing number of Conservative MPs have lost confidence in the Johnson administration over the “Party Gate” scandal, with some acknowledging that they have submitted letters requesting a no-confidence vote.
To activate the no-confidence vote, at least 54 Conservative MPs must submit a formal request for a vote to the chairman of the party’s 1922 committee, and these letters are confidential and therefore only the chairman of the committee. Knows the number of people who sent them.
While more than 25 delegates announced that they have given this speech so far. The newspaper wrote that party officials and representatives of the opposition believe that they are on the verge of reaching the required ceiling for this action, which is 54 representatives, and one of them believes that this number has already been exceeded.
Asked if Johnson would face a no-confidence vote this week, Transport Secretary Grant Shaps told the BBC: “I do not think so” and added that governments often suffer from unpopularity around the election. Suffer intermediate. Johnson said he would trust any vote.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing more pressure and new demands for his resignation, after a press report revealed that Johnson was attending weekly parties hosted by his staff during the Corona epidemic.
For their part, Conservative lawmakers said they were receiving a flood of angry voters following reports of health violations on Downing Street.
After weeks of denial, Johnson apologized in Parliament for at least one of the parties his staff organized in May 2020 while Britain was in quarantine.
Two more parties were held in April 2021, on the eve of the funeral of Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II’s wife, and the Downing Street government apologized to Buckingham Palace, saying the parties were “very unfortunate”.
Amid growing pressure on Johnson, Johnson faces the threat of impeachment as at least five Conservative lawmakers say they have already sent letters of confidence to the prime minister.
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