The coup de force of Boris Johnson definitely does not pass. In the United Kingdom, several thousand people took part, Saturday, August 31, in dozens of demonstrations to denounce the "coup d'etat" of the Prime Minister, after its decision to suspend the Parliament in the final straight before the Brexit .
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Protesters gathered in Manchester (North West England), Edinburgh (Scotland) and Belfast (Northern Ireland) under the slogan "Stop the coup d'etat" an organization opposed to Brexit launched in about thirty cities.
The biggest rally started at midday in London, in front of the Prime Minister's residence at 10 Downing Street, where a compact crowd chanted "Boris Johnson, shame on you!" while sporting European flags.
"Welcome to Germany from 1933"
On the billboards were slogans like "Democrats do not gag democracy" or "Wake up, United Kingdom! Or welcome to Germany 1933".
The Momentum movement, the left wing of the Labor Party, the main opposition group, also called for "occupying bridges and blocking roads".
"What happens to Brexit must not depend on a decision by Boris Johnson, it has deprived Parliament of the power of decision, which is not democratic," said Bernard Hurley, an anti-Brexit of years interviewed by AFP.
The rally was somewhat disturbed when a dozen men with shaved heads, draped in the Union Jack, split the crowd under police escort, shouting, "What do we want?" Brexit! us now? "
The organizers said they expect "hundreds of thousands" of participants. British police did not provide a number.
Intense political week
Conservative Boris Johnson announced Wednesday the suspension of Parliament from the second week of September and until October 14, two weeks before the Brexit on October 31, causing a wave of indignation in the United Kingdom.
The Prime Minister has the right to do this, and he does it traditionally during the convention season of political parties in September. But this is the moment chosen and the duration of the suspension (five weeks) that are disputed by the opponents of a hard Brexit.
The leader is in fact suspected of wanting to prevent the deputies to block a Brexit without agreement, which he wishes to implement if he does not find a compromise with the EU on the conditions of the British exit.
These rallies announce an intense political week, where the battle against the suspension of Parliament will also take place on the judicial and political fronts.
With AFP