A Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom Mark Drakeford has insisted that Prime Minister Boris Johnson must quit his office.
Drakeford’s call for resignation is hinged on the penalty slammed on the Prime Minister over the lockdown party saga. Johnson faces huge fines over his alleged indiscretion while pressure mounts on him to resign.
“I’ve always said throughout the whole ‘Partygate’ business that you cannot be a law maker and a law breaker at the same time,” the Welsh Labour leader – who was responsible for setting Covid rules in Wales – tells the BBC.
“And if the prime minister has been fined, then I’m afraid all those things that he said, time and time and time again, on the floor of the House of Commons, that nothing had ever gone wrong inside Downing Street – for which he is responsible – well all of that can no longer be sustained and I don’t see how he thinks he can carry on.”
First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon also asked Johnson to quit. Nicola Sturgeon accuses the prime minister of “repeatedly lying” to Parliament over the Downing Street parties.
The SNP leader tweets: “Boris Johnson must resign. He broke the law and repeatedly lied to Parliament about it.
“The basic values of integrity and decency – essential to the proper working of any parliamentary democracy – demand that he go.
“And he should take his out of touch Chancellor with him.”
Additional Reports From BBC