UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnsonthis monday is a movement of internal condemnation Then Conservative Party Amid growing criticism against him for what became known as the ‘Partygate’, he received the necessary number of petitions to initiate this procedure.
“The 15 percent threshold of party MPs seeking a no-confidence motion against the Conservative Party leader has been exceeded,” said Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 Committee.
“According to the rules, Voting will take place between 18:00 and 20:00. (local time) today, Monday, June 6th, details still to be confirmed,” he said, adding that “votes will be counted immediately after.”
He pointed out that he had made this fact known to Johnson throughout the day on Sunday in a statement to the press soon after, adding that several “stories” for the “Platinum Jubilee” were “specifically requested not to be made before the celebrations are over”. Queen Elizabeth II, as reported by the BBC television network. Elizabeth.
The Conservative Party’s rules stipulate that this mechanism can be activated if 15 percent of ‘Tory’ lawmakers request it. Former Secretary Jesse Norman was the last to confirm his participation in the petitions.
The vote will be secret, and Johnson will need a simple majority to pass the no-confidence motion. If he loses, a new race will open to elect the new party leader, a process in which the prime minister will be excluded.
Johnson himself said last week that he would not be “responsible” to step down because of the Downing Street party scandal during the coronavirus pandemic, while the “big political agenda” and “major economic pressures” he must meet, among them those stemming from the war in Ukraine.