Amal Clooney resigns from UK government envoy role over latest Brexit contentions

Amal Clooney resigned from her position as United Kingdom’s special envoy on media freedom over  Johnson government’s “lamentable” Brexit plan on Friday, September 18.  

In a letter to British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, Clooney detailed her decision to step down from role following UK government’s suggestion that it could break international law if it fails to strike a tre deal with European Union. She ded that she was “dismayed” to learn that government is working on passing internal market bill, which would ‘break international law’. 

Violation of International Law

In her letter, Amal Clooney wrote, “Although government has suggested that violation of international law would be ‘specific and limited’, it is lamentable for UK to be speaking of its intention to violate an international treaty signed by Prime Minister less than a year ago”.

new Brexit bill has complicated process with EU claiming a breach of trust on part of UK. new bill suggests new checks on goods moving from rrn Ireland to Great Britain and also gives UK ministers power to modify rules relating to movement of goods that will come into force from January. 

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Amal Clooney is t first lawyer to resign over planned legislation. As per reports, UK government’s law officer for Scotland Richard Keen and he of its legal department Jonathan Jones have also quit recently.

Meanwhile, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is reported to have told parliament that move was necessary since EU is yet to take “revolver off table”. While Johnson has been facing criticism from former Prime Ministers over his Brexit handling, he has maintained that move was to counter “absurd” threats from 27-member bloc. 

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Former UK leers slam Johnson

Former UK Prime Ministers Tony Blair and John Major blasted British government over its intention to break divorce deal with European Union through a new Internal Market Bill. In a joint letter published by Sunday Times, two leers urged members of Parliament to boycott bill and slammed  Johnson government of “embarrassing” country.

As per reports, Blair and Major said that overt repudiation of treaty strikes at very heart of Brexit agreement. duo ded that re are rey mechanisms like negotiations and independent arbitration within agreement to resolve issues by government chose to igre those options.

(With AP Inputs)

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