Deputy Minister of the British Cabinet Office, Gavin WilliamsonThis Tuesday he resigned from his position after receiving a new position Of course, he condemns harassment and intimidationin this case, by one of his assistants during his tenure as Minister of Defense.
He is the first member of the government headed by new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to leave office. The complaint was published yesterday in a British newspaper guardian.
A former senior official confirmed, after years of silence about Williamson’s alleged statements against him when he was Secretary of Defense (2017-19), that The politician even asked him to cut his neck. Williamson asserted, after the complaint was made public, that he had always had “good working relationships” with the various officials he worked with.
The former official, who at the time reported these events to the head of human resources in his office, although he had not filed any formal complaint, went so far as to confirm it. Those and other words had a “huge effect” on his mental health.
Williamson, who in recent days has come under public scrutiny after Several text messages with insults to his then-boss Wendy Morton have been leaked due to disagreements in the context of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral.He held related positions in previous governments as Minister of Defense and Education.
He wrote in his resignation letter that he was leaving the government “with deep sadness”, but He offered Prime Minister Sunak his “full and comprehensive support”.. He added that he respected a claim procedure related to the messages he sent to his colleague – the origin of the accusations against him – and that he apologized to the recipient, according to the news agency. forget.
Williamson is the first victim of the Sunak government, who took office in October after the departure of Liz Truss, He was in office for only 45 days.
The former prime minister was forced to leave her post because she was unable to implement her economic plan, which was rejected by the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the United Arab Emirates. Conservative Party.
Behind Truss, former finance minister Boris Johnson, were the first goals of his term Control the inflationary escalation, cut the interest rate and restore the image of the conservatives.
With information from Telam
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