British Prime Minister Johnson’s government broke out in a wave of resignations on the 5th. Chancellor of the Exchequer Sunak and Health Secretary Javid resigned within more than ten minutes. At the same time, Avrami, deputy chairman of the ruling conservative party, also announced his resignation. However, Johnson is still "working as usual" and appointed Education Secretary Zahavi and aide Buckley as the new Chancellor of Finance and Secretary of Health respectively.
Sunak said in his resignation letter that resigning during a period when the world is facing various challenges is not an easy decision, but he believes that we should fight for a decent, competent and serious government.
Javid said that many MPs and the public have lost confidence in Johnson and believe that he is unable to operate government agencies in the interests of the country. Javid also said that he knew very well that this phenomenon would not change under Johnson's governance, so he also lost confidence in Johnson.
In addition to Sunak, Javid and Avrami, four Conservative MPs have decided to resign from the government. Starmer, leader of the opposition Labor Party, expressed support for an early election.
Some British media reported that the Chancellor of Finance and the Minister of Health are important officials of the British government, and the resignation of Sunak and Javid "caused a heavy blow" to the Johnson government .
For some time, Johnson has been facing pressure to resign from the opposition parties and the Conservative Party due to the "Partygate" scandal. In early June, Johnson passed a no-confidence vote against him by Conservative members of the House of Commons of the British Parliament and was able to remain as leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. However, more than 40% of Conservative MPs voted no confidence in the vote.
Source: Phoenix TV, CCTV News
Editor: Qiuguo
