British Prime Minister Johnson is being investigated by Parliament for allegedly violating the Prime Minister’s code of conduct by traveling outside the country with his fiancée in 2019.
The British Electoral Commission has just announced a formal investigation into Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s “misappropriation of public funds to renovate his official residence” at the end of April. Today (11) it was revealed that during Christmas 2019, Johnson and his fiancée accepted a lavish hospitality trip to the Caribbean, allegedly violating the prime minister’s code of conduct, and has now been investigated by a parliamentary committee.
The British Parliament is currently investigating the declaration of the Prime Minister Johnson and his girlfriend in a trip abroad at the end of 2019, whether there is a “violation of conflict of interest recusal” of the relevant legal provisions.
The Guardian reported that Kathryn Stone, a member of the British parliamentary select committee, confirmed on Monday (10) local time that she is investigating Johnson’s possible breach of the prime minister’s code of conduct.
The report said Johnson declared to Parliament in February last year that he went on vacation with his girlfriend to a luxury Caribbean resort between December 26, 2019 and January 5, 2020. As it involves 15,000 pounds of expenses, he admitted that the expenses were borne by David Ross, founder of the British cell phone retailer “Mobile Phone Warehouse”. Ross, who is also one of the Conservative Party’s political contribution donors, later denied through a spokesman when questioned by the media that he had “paid” for Johnson’s trip, but later changed his story to say that he had covered the costs.
The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, which monitors the conduct of members of Parliament, is currently investigating whether Johnson has violated the code of conduct for members of Parliament on foreign travel to avoid conflicts of interest, and if found to be in breach, the committee will ask Johnson to apologize or pay, and in serious cases may be subject to further sanctions, including suspension.
The Electoral Commission also launched an investigation last month into Johnson’s alleged use of Conservative political contributions to pay for renovations to the prime minister’s Downing Street residence, although Johnson has repeatedly stressed that he paid for the costs himself.
The Electoral Commission said, “We can now say that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that wrongdoing has taken place, so whatever the true circumstances, we will continue to investigate formally to ensure that the truth emerges.”
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