Lancashire Police have imposed a financial penalty on British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for not wearing a seatbelt while recording a video for social media, a matter that has drawn criticism from the opposition.
Downing Street has come out quickly to affirm that the ‘premier’ recognizes that his mistake in going on board a car without wearing a seat belt and has apologized for it, according to the British radio and television BBC.
Sunak was in Lancashire, as part of a trip in the north of England, when, aboard his official vehicle, he recorded a video for the social network Instagram in which he addressed the latest economic measures of his government.
The British government already acknowledged on Thursday the «error of judgment» of the prime minister to travel by car without a seat belt, who conveyed his apologies for breaking a rule that he considers that everyone should comply with.
This controversy has served the opposition to harshly criticize the Prime Minister, who had also recently been reproached for having used a Royal Air Force plane -the British Air Force- to travel around Blackpool instead of going by train.
«Sunak does not know how to use a seat belt (…) a train service, the economy, nor this country», reproached on the eve from the Labor Party; while the Liberal Democrats called «shameful» the breach of a fundamental safety law.
British legislation establishes financial penalties of up to 500 pounds –more than 570 euros– for not wearing seat belts, although with exceptions, such as in police and fire vehicles or when medical problems can be justified.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
