UK Deputy PM resigns after workplace harassment allegations

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Deputy Prime Minister United Kingdom and Chief Justice Dominic Raab, announced this friday resign after being accused Workplace Harassment, despite the fact that he felt that the investigator examining his case set the bar “too low” to talk about pressure and intimidation that could set a “dangerous precedent” and lead to further “false” complaints against senior officials.

Doubts about Raab date back to when he was foreign minister.Although the investigation has begun November 2022. His former colleagues reported cases of intimidation and rudeness, written in a report that added to the pressure on Raab. Prime minister, Rishi Altar.

“I think it’s important to keep my word,” Raab said. He had promised to back down if the investigations attributed any excesses to him. However, in his letter to Sunak, he defended his work, arguing that a minister should exercise “direct supervision” when there are relevant circumstances, as in his case, for example, in the “Brexit negotiations in Gibraltar”.

In addition, declared that a minister also has the right to criticize his subordinates, “within reasonable limits”. In this sense, he emphasized that he regretted the “stress or unintentional attacks” he might have caused, but that there was no insult, shouting or “physical intimidation” in the report.

Raab took advantage of his farewell to reiterate his support for the Altar. “He proved to be a great prime minister in very difficult times.” “You can count on my support from the couch,” hinting that he will continue as an MP in the House of Commons despite his resignation from the executive post.

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