Johnson will hand over his wasaps to a commission investigating the management of the pandemic

Boris Johnson insists on the release and break with the strategy of the British government. The former prime minister decided to surrender messages which they exchanged with members of his cabinet and other contributors to the commission investigating his pandemic management covid-19, thereby contradicting the wishes of the executive Rishi Sunak to withhold this information and defend his position in court.

This was announced by the former president in a letter he sent to former judge Heather Hallett, who chairs the investigation team, in which, although he assured that he understood Downing Street’s refusal, he stated that he was “perfectly happy” to share the requested information.

“I do not wish to allow my material to become evidence for others,” Johnson wrote to the commission. In the letter, the content of which was published this Friday, the former president stated that he is ready to hand over his old mobile phone, but also diaries and schedules where you made notes during the crisis caused by the coronavirus.

However, as for the papers, he admitted that he does not have all of them with him. “I asked the Government Office to hand them over to you. If the government decides not to do that, I will ask for them to be delivered to my office so that I can deliver them directly to them,” he said.

court battle

The covid-19 commission has given the government until this Thursday to submit the requested data. However, this has not happened since Executive They decided to submit a appeal to the court with the purpose of clarifying the powers of the research team.

Downing Street refused to hand over the tapes Johnson exchanged with his advisers and ministers, as well as the diaries he wrote, considering that they did not contribute “anything relevant”. “This request represents an unjustified encroachment on other aspects of the Government’s work,” the Government Office defends itself.

The opposition questioned the attitude of the authorities. “This is a desperate attempt to hide the evidence,” said Angela Rayner, deputy general secretary of the Labor Party.