Britain: New demand from Conservative MPs for a motion of censure against Prime Minister Johnson

Conservative MPs Chris Skidmore and Tom Hunt have today written to their party’s 1922 Committee calling for a vote of impeachment against Boris Johnson as the British prime minister faces mounting calls for him to resign. of.

In his letter, Skidmore calls for changes to Conservative Party rules to allow a new impeachment motion against the prime minister, after his landslide victory in June’s previous impeachment vote gave him immunity for 12 months. from the deposition of another.

“It is therefore vital that the 1922 (Committee) urgently review the rules preventing a new vote of censure,” Skidmore noted.

“The events of the last week were the last straw,” Tom Hunt said, referring to Johnson’s handling of allegations of sexual misconduct against former deputy chief of party discipline Christopher Pincher, and announced the submission of a letter by him to the competent committee for a motion of censure against the prime minister.

Source: RES-MPE

Source: Capital

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