Braverman appointed Home Secretary, just days after she quit over a technical breach of government rules
London: UK’s new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak may face an angry Opposition in Parliament on Wednesday, October 26, over his reappointment of Indian-origin Suella Braverman as Home Secretary, just days after she quit over a technical breach of government rules, a report in The Tribune, Chandigarh, says.
Braverman’s appointment came hours after Sunak said he wanted to lead the Conservative party with “integrity, professionalism and accountability”.
In his reaction to the move, Labour MP Chris Bryant tweeted “Appointing Suella Braverman as Home secretary just days after she was sacked for a security breach doesn’t smack of integrity, competence, professionalism or sensible politics. It’s just cynical manoeuvring. This PM’s no better than the last two”.
Labour MP Yvette Cooper lashed out at Sunak saying, “Our national security and public safety are too important for this kind of chaos”.
She added: “He said he wants his Government to have ‘integrity, professionalism and accountability at every level’ yet he has just appointed Suella Braverman to be Home Secretary again a week after she resigned for breaches of the Ministerial Code, security lapses, sending sensitive Government information through unauthorised personal channels”.
Braverman — an outspoken critic of former PM Liz Truss’s economic policy — stepped down last week after breaching email security rules.
The London-born daughter of a Goan-origin father and Tamil-origin mother, Braverman had come out in support of Sunak saying he is the “only candidate that fits the bill and I am proud to support him”.
Reports in the local media have also questioned s her stance on migration control, which has drawn sharp reactions from those even within her own party.
Supporting the UK’s exit from the European Convention on Human Rights, Braverman says that it is the only way for her country to solve immigration problems.
She blamed uncontrolled migration into the UK and the newcomers’ failure to integrate for the riots in Leicester.
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