British Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab said in Parliament on Wednesday that he was determined to refute allegations of alleged intimidation of his cabinet officials, to which Prime Minister Rishi Sunak agreed to open an investigation.
Confronted by deputy leader of the Labor Party (main opposition force), Angela Rayner, over alleged “aggressive, controlling and demeaning” conduct and reports that officials are “too afraid to be in office” and “cannot meet with lower-rank officials without supervision”. “high-level officials,” Raab said she trusted her behavior, noting that she had always acted professionally.
The “number two” of the Executive, and also head of the Justice portfolio, said that he remains determined “to deny and deny absolutely any of the complaints made.”
Raab replaced Rishi Sunak at the weekly Prime Minister’s Questions session in the British Parliament today. Sunak has been in Bali, Indonesia, where he participated in the G20 (group of major world economies) leaders’ summit, which ended today.
In recent days there have been complaints from officials about the alleged abusive and intimidating behavior of Raab in the different positions he held in the Government, specifically in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Justice.
Today, the deputy prime minister wrote to Sunak asking for an “independent investigation” into two “formal complaints”, the existence of which he said he was informed this morning, and the head of government agreed that “these issues are being fully investigated.”
“Integrity, professionalism and responsibility are core values of this government,” Rishi Sunak justified.
This controversy comes a few days after the resignation of Minister without Portfolio Gavin Williamson, following accusations of intimidation against colleagues and officials when he was Minister of Defense and Education.
Rishi Sunak admitted in Parliament last Wednesday that he regretted appointing “someone who had to resign under these circumstances”, calling the behavior that was reportedly made “unacceptable”.
Source: TSF
