(Newswire.net — August 30, 2019) — After U.K’s Prime Minister decided to suspend the British Parliament to avoid countering his decisions, the U.S. President Donald Trump praised him as a „great one“.
Trump announced on Twitter that it “Would be very hard for Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of Britain’s Labour Party, to seek a no-confidence vote against the new Prime Minister Boris Johnson, especially in light of the fact that Boris is exactly what the U.K. has been looking for, and added that he expects Johnson will prove to be “a great one!” Love U.K.”.
Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbin and other opponents of Johnson’s Conservative government have been outraged by the Prime Minister’s decision to suspend the Parliament for about a month, just in time to make the Brexit decision by himself.
Queen Elizabeth II of Britain has approved the request by the government to suspend the parliament at a time of growing crisis over Britain’s exit from the EU, disabling the opposition from adopting laws which could to prevent it from coming out without agreement.
The move was not unexpected, though. During her long reign, Elizabeth II tried not to interfere in politics.
In talks with the Queen, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has demanded that the current parliamentary session be completed in September, allowing him to put into action Brexit by the end of October.
Opposition lawmakers say Johnson wants to prevent lawmakers from adopting laws to prevent Brexit without agreement, which would devastate the U.K.
Johnson announced that his government intends to suspend the parliament by October 14. Pushing the U.K. to leave the European Union on October 31, there would be no time left for MPs to prevent Brexit without an agreement by adopting new laws, and that’s exactly what Boris Johnson wants.
Oposition leaders argue that this move by the British PM is a prescedent that demolishes the democratic way that the country was run for centuries.
Former Attorney General Dominic Grieve said it was an “outrageous act” that could lead to a no-confidence vote on PM Johnson.
“Whoever came up with this is clearly intent on suspending Parliament from discussing Brexit. At one of the most challenging times in our nation’s history, it is vital that our elected MPs say what they think,” said John Bercow, the Speaker of the House of Commons since June 2009.
Scottish Prime Minister Nichola Sturgeon said MPs must come together and stop the plan, however, Conservative Party Chairman James Cleverly said “all new Governments” are doing it.