Great Britain: The commission concluded that Boris Johnson 'deliberately lied' to the British Parliament about the celebrations

Boris Johnson "deliberately" lied to the British Parliament several times in the case of "Partygate", the parliamentary investigative commission concluded today in the report, because of which the former British Prime Minister has already resigned from his parliamentary mandate.

The former Conservative leader was informed last Sunday of the devastating findings of a 14-month investigation into the celebrations organized in Downing Street during the country's strict covid lockdown.

When Johnson (58) heard the conclusions, he angrily left his seat in parliament, denouncing a "witch hunt" and attacking his successor as prime minister, Rishi Sunak.

"The commission did not find the slightest evidence against us," Boris Johnson responded in a long, extremely aggressive statement, confirming that he did not think he had done anything wrong and condemning the commission's "lies" and "sick" conclusions.

He accused the commission of wanting to deliver "the final stab in a prolonged political murder."

Since he is no longer a member of the lower house of the British Parliament, Boris Johnson is not taking many risks anymore.

The report said the panel would have recommended a 90-day suspension if Johnson hadn't walked out on his own. It is a heavy penalty that would likely trigger another by-election.

The report, which still needs to be submitted to MPs for a vote, still calls for Johnson to be stripped of his permission to enter Parliament, which is usually granted to former prime ministers.

A year after his resignation from Downing Street where he spent three years marked by scandals, his high-profile departure prevents any return to power pending a possible re-election in parliamentary elections due next year.

Above all, he revived the internal wars within the Conservative Party, which has been in power for 13 years and where Boris Johnson has influential allies. He still enjoys considerable respect in the base for his historic victory in the 2019 elections and then the implementation of Brexit, when Britain's exit from the European Union seemed to be blocked, according to Agence France-Presse.

Although he is still in the center of political and media attention, his real capacity to do something is uncertain, bearing in mind that neither his attempts to return to power nor his attempts to lead rebellions against the government over some projects have been successful in the last year.

And only two deputies resigned from parliament in the last week, while some feared that the report would trigger a wave of departures that could weaken Rishi Sunak's government.