Rishi Sunak, fined for not wearing a seatbelt in a moving car while recording a video

The British police have fined this Friday the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunakafter uploading a video to social networks in which the president was shown traveling in a car without a seat belt fastened.

The Tory leader was occupying one of the vehicle’s passenger seats when the belt was removed, a detail that did not go unnoticed by Internet users.

Sunak, who apologized Thursday for what which he called a “brief misjudgment”filmed a video in the back seat of his car while traveling through the north of England, without wearing a seatbelt.

“That was a brief misjudgment. The prime minister removed his seatbelt to record a short clip,” a Downing Street spokesman admitted of the incident. The same source pointed out that the head of the Executive “fully accept that this was a mistake and apologize”.

“The prime minister believes that everyone should wear a seatbelt. It was an error in judgment, he took it off for a short period of time to record a clip, which they have seen, but he accepts that it was a mistake,” the prime minister reiterated. spokesman.

The lancashire policein England, has issued a fine for the British Prime Minister, since the incident in the car occurred in that county.

“Following the spread of a video on social media showing an individual not wearing a seatbelt while traveling as a passenger in a moving car in Lancashire, we have today charged a 42-year-old man from London a conditional offer of fine,” Lancashire Police said on Twitter.

The Police do not specify the amount of the fine, which is usually 100 pounds (114 euros) for this concept, although it can rise to 500 pounds (570 euros) in some cases. The head of government can decide to pay it or file an appeal before the courts.

the opposition bites

Opposition Labor MP Nick Thomas-Symonds for his part called the issue “very serious”.

“It says a lot about how deep this government has sunk that we are talking for the second time about a potentially fined prime minister,” Thomas-Symonds said.

Last April, the then head of government Boris Johnson was fined for illegal parties during the pandemic on Downing Street, a scandal that months later led to his resignation.

Sunak, who was Minister of Economy at the time, was also among the politicians and civil servants who were sanctioned for participating in these celebrations.