United Kingdom: British Minister for Development Assistance resigns

It is the second ministerial resignation in London within a week: due to non-agreed meetings with political representatives in Israel, Priti Patel comes back.

United Kingdom: British Minister for Development Assistance resigns

The British Minister for Development aid, PritiPatel, has resigned from office because of a number of non-agreed meetings with representatives of political parties in Israel. Patel apologized for IhrVerhalten in a letter to Prime Minister Theresa May, who shared British government.

Specifically, Patel will be accused of meeting with IsraelischenRegierungsvertretern, lobbyists and businessmen training vacation in August. The IsraelischenMinisterpräsidenten Benjamin Netanyahu is also said to have met Patel during ir time in Israel. The encounters were neir mitAußenminister Boris Johnson nor with May had been agreed.

Patel returned early in evening from an official visit to Uganda. As Guardian reported, SiePremierministerin may have ordered back for allegations.

"In past few days re have been numerous reports of my activities in Israel and I am sorry that this is from work of Ministry of Development and Regierungablenkten," wrote Patel in letter to May. Their conduct would not meet high standards of a ministerial office. Although she had best intentions, Terminenicht were transparent.

Patel discussed in her ministry after holidays possibility to send Israeli military medical aid to Syrian civil war refugees on Golan Heights. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports that during her Israel vacation in August, Patel visited an Israeli field hospital on Golan Heights. This is politically explosive because Britain considers Israeli occupation of 1967 in six-day war as illegal.

Second resignation within a week

The 45-year-old is already second britischeKabinettsmitglied, which resigns within a week. VergangeneWoche, Defense Minister Michael Fallon had laid down his office because of Vorwürfensexueller harassment.

Her resignation could also be upcoming Brexit-Verhandlungenbeeinflussen: In election campaign before referendum last year, Patel vehemently advocated an EU withdrawal from her country. Already on Thursday, EU and Britain are negotiating diefinanziellen commitments by United Kingdom after Brexit. In previous plan, second phase DerVerhandlungen on future relations will be heralded by imdecember.

Patel has been seated since 2010 for Fens constituency of Witham Parliament. Before she became 2016 development minister, 'd post as secretary of State at Ministry of Finance UndArbeitsministerium held. The politician comes from a Familieindischstämmiger Ugandans who emigrated to Britain in 1960s. Patel was, in meantime, considered a possible successor to Prime Minister May.

Date Of Update: 09 November 2017, 12:03
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