The British Parliament has today (Thursday) decided to hold a parliamentary inquiry against Prime Minister Boris Johnson, regarding the possibility that he misled Parliament during the discussions on the party affair at his official residence during the Corona closure.
The decision was made after it became clear that a large majority of MPs, including those from Johnson's Conservative party, supported the move and that there was a large enough majority not to vote for it.
The Conservative Party had earlier tried to delay the vote until the end of the police investigation into the affair, in order to delay the move and give Prime Minister Johnson more time to deal with the crisis.
The parliament finally decided that the parliamentary inquiry would begin only after the police submitted their conclusions on the matter.
Johnson, who has been on a state visit to India for the past two days, told the British news network Sky News: "I have nothing to hide from the public or parliament as part of the affair."
British Foreign Secretary Rishi Sonak, last month, Photo: AFP
Johnson and British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sonak received earlier this month an announcement from the British police that they would be fined for violating Corona's guidelines as part of the party affair that took place at the Prime Minister's residence.
"The Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance received messages today from the metropolis that the police intend to impose the punishment prescribed by law on them," the spokesman said at the time in an official address to the media.
No further information will be received on the case and what the amount of the fine will be.
Earlier this month, 20 people involved in the affair were fined, as part of which Johnson's office is holding a series of parties for staff on the spot, attended by the prime minister himself, at the prime minister's official residence at 10 Downing Street in London.
This is a series of 12 events, in which participants were asked to "bring your alcohol".
The fines are not the same as a criminal conviction and should not prevent the prime minister from continuing to rule legally, but this may cost him support in his own party as well.
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