British Defense Minister Fired for Introducing Huawei into 5G Network – 01/05/2019

An unprecedented state scandal moves Britain and recalls the times of the Cold War. Defense Minister Gavin Williamson removed from office by Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday night, after being accused of having leaked to the press the British government's decision to accept Chinese society Huawei build the 5G network in Britain. He is replaced by Penny Mourdant, a Brexitier.

The decision on Huawei was pbaded by the National Security Council (NSC), where intelligence services, ministers and the prime minister exchange sensitive information for the country's interests. There is now the possibility of a criminal investigation in Britain because of this leak and that the former former Secretary of Defense can be judged by treason and disclosure of state secrets.

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A spokeswoman for Downing St, said Premier Theresa May "has lost confidence in her ability to serve." He sent her a letter.

The former secretary of defense refused to resign because he considered himself innocent. That's why she chose to fire him.

"The Prime Minister has asked Gavin Williamson tonight to leave the government after losing confidence in his ability to play the role of defense minister and cabinet minister." The Premier's decision is based on his conducted in connection with an investigation into the circumstances of the unauthorized disclosure of information from a meeting of the National Security Council The Prime Minister thanked all members of the National Security Council for their maximum cooperation and openness in the investigation and considered the case closed, "said Downing St, in a statement.

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It ends or begins a big scandal, then the newspaper The telegraph published that Britain had accepted China and its controversial Huawei to build in Britain a network, which leaves the Chinese to the reach of very sensitive information in the kingdom.

Faced with the leak, the United States said they would not share the intelligence with Britain. It was the same for other European countries, which resist the installation of Huawei in the EU, which must inform the Chinese government compulsively of its activities. In Huawei wi fi, they found "back doors" that give access to a data control of the countries where they operate.

Before the leak began, an investigation and a real witch hunt among the ministers who attended the meeting. Each of them had to deliver his mobile phone and his diaries. Thus, it was discovered that the leak was nothing less than the Defense Minister, Gavin Williamson, a trusted man of Theresa May and one of the candidates to replace her. He was immediately thrown out the door, during a first-clbad deportation.

There is no trace of a similar case in British history. Remember the Profumo case, another Minister of Defense, who had to resign when his lover Chrstine Keller had case with the naval attache and the Soviet spy in London. The closest case is that of chancellor Hugh Dalton, who resigned from office in 1947 for providing a reporter with budget information very shortly before revealing it to Parliament.

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For several days, it was thought that the person in charge was Liam Fox, the Brexitier Secretary of International Trade, who breathes today relieved.

The country is shocked by the news. This not only causes them problems of credibility, but also of relations with the allies.

Paris, correspondent