Published 23:21 IST, September 9th 2019
Boris Johnson to suspend UK Parliament till October mid-week
British PM to suspend Parliament till Oct 14 while UK is scheduled to exit EU on Oct 31; the suspension will limit the chance to block PM's plans for Brexit
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government has confirmed that UK Parliament is all set to be suspended at end of Monday's sitting and members of house will t return until October 14. UK is scheduled to exit European Union on October 31 and suspension is going to limit opposition's ability to block Johnson’s plans for Brexit.
With Queen Elizabeth II's approval to suspend Parliament, Johnson's political opponents will get very little time to pass any new laws that could hinder Prime Minister's plan to exiting UK out of EU without a deal. As a result, this decision outrd many opposition leers and lawmakers.
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UK Parliament experinced one of its damatic days when decision to stall Parliament till mid of October came in. Amid criticism, Speaker of House John Bercow also anunced that he will stand down as Commons Speaker and MP.
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Shut down of Parliament would betray democracy: Bercow
Speaker of Lower House of Commons, John Bercow, wasn't aware of Johnson's plan and said shutting down of UK Parliament would betray democracy of nation and rights of parliamentarians as elected representatives of common man. opposition leer of Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, wrote to Queen to protest in strongest possible measure on behalf of his party and he believes all or opposition parties would join in with him.
House of Commons was expected to assemble from September 3-10 and n was scheduled to go on a break until October 9.
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Frequent rejections resulted in resignation of resa May
resa May's withdrawal agreement h been rejected thrice by UK's Parliament resulting in former PM to anunce her resignation in May amid a political delock. During campaign, Johnson promised to renegotiate withdrawal agreement pending for months of constant negotiations between May and EU leers or abandon from EU on UK's scheduled departure date of October 31 without a deal.
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If negotiation to bring a new deal with EU fails, Johnson has said that he will force Brexit to pass by scheduled date. He has refused to rule out shutdown of Parliament in order to do so. However, EU leers have frequently ruled out renegotiating withdrawal agreement and alerted Johnson of difficult times ahe.
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20:44 IST, September 9th 2019