Boris Johnson will be fined for the “partygate” scandal, the parties during the coronavirus pandemic

British Prime Minister, Boris Johnsonand his Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, will be fined for having participated in parties in Downing Street when the restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic were in force. coronavirusconfirmed this Tuesday a spokeswoman for the head of government.

The London Metropolitan Police (Met) reported today that it has already issued more than 50 sanctions to government employees for violating anticovid regulations.

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“The Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer have received notice today that the Metropolitan Police intend to fine them”the Executive spokeswoman told the press.

“We do not have more details, but we will inform you again when we have them”, he added.

Security forces investigate twelve parties and social events both in Downing Street and in other government buildings, including at least three that the prime minister may have attended.

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The leader of the opposition, Labor Keir Starmer, demanded after learning that both Johnson like Sunak will be fined that both “They must resign” for having broken the law and “repeatedly lied to the British”.

“Conservatives are totally discredited to govern. The UK deserves better”, Starmer wrote on Twitter.

At the end of January, the senior official Sue Gray published a partial report on parties during the pandemic in which he criticized the “lack of leadership” in the Executive for not having avoided social gatherings when the British population was subject to strict restrictions.

He also drew attention to the “excessive consumption of alcohol” in Downing Street, in a document that only partially revealed his investigations so as not to interfere with the ongoing police investigation.

Source: Elcomercio

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