Brexit: Boris Johnson summoned by justice for

The critics of the former British foreign minister blame him for claiming that the United Kingdom paid 350 million pounds (400 million euros) a week in Brussels, during the campaign for the referendum of 2016.
He is accused of lying about the cost of the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union in the 2016 Brexit referendum campaign. A London court has decided, Wednesday, May 29, to convene Boris Johnson. The former British foreign minister and candidate for the post of prime minister will have to appear before the court for a preliminary hearing that will determine whether the case should then be referred to another court for trial, the court said, without give date.
His intervention in the referendum campaign was decisive for Brexit's victory in 2016, with 52% of the vote. The charges against Boris Johnson come from businessman Marcus Ball. According to his lawyers, the fervent Brexit defender knowingly lied, while he was mayor of London, claiming that the United Kingdom was paying 350 million pounds (400 million euros) a week in Brussels. They want to prosecute him for serious misconduct in the performance of his duties.
"Induce the public in error"
"Democracy demands responsible and honest leadership from people in public office," Advocate Lewis Power told Westminster Court last Thursday. "The UK has never sent or donated 350 million pounds a week," he said. Boris Johnson "knew that figure was wrong, but he chose to repeat it again and again," he said.
"The accusation does not relate to Brexit", assured the lawyer, defending himself of wanting to hinder the divorce of the country with the European Union, "but it was during the referendum on Brexit that Boris Johnson chose 'mislead the public'. Charges rejected by the politician. For his lawyer, Adrian Darbishire, the charge is inappropriate and the maneuver especially "political".
Skilful and charismatic, "BoJo" is the favorite among conservative party activists to succeed British Prime Minister Theresa May, who will resign on June 7. But he is less popular with his peers, who blame him for his many gaffes and a certain dilettantism.

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