British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has accepted the resignation of Minister of State without Portfolio Gavin Williamson, who is part of the current UK Executive.
In a letter from the British administration, Sunak has thanked Williamson for his resignation and has shown his support for him.
«I accept your resignation with great sadness. I am aware that your commitment to successive Conservative governments and the party has been unwavering. I support your decision to step aside and understand why you have done so,» reads the letter signed by the prime minister.
«I want to thank you for your personal support and loyalty (…) I also want to express my gratitude for the work you have done for this government,» Sunak concluded.
Williamson resigned from his post on Tuesday following a complaint against him for alleged harassment and intimidation of a civil servant during his time as defense minister.
The complaint was made public on Monday in the Guardian newspaper. A former senior civil servant claimed, after years of keeping silent about Williamson’s alleged comments against him when he was defense minister (2017-2019), that the politician even told him to cut his throat.
Williamson, who in recent days has been under public scrutiny after several text messages were leaked with insults towards his then boss Wendy Morton over disagreements in the framework of the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, has held relevant positions in the previous executives as Minister of Defense and as Minister of Education.
In his resignation letter, published Tuesday on his Twitter profile, the minister without portfolio in the Sunak government has refuted how his «past conduct» has been characterized, although he has defended his departure by assuring that these accusations were becoming a distraction for the executive.
