Brexit: Parliament challenges Boris Johnson to table motion for early elections

In this parliamentary return, the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson lost his hand in Parliament which inflicted a stinging setback. On Tuesday, September 3, MPs adopted a motion to postpone Brexit, scheduled for October 31. The text was adopted by 328 votes for (301 against), bringing together deputies of the opposition but also conservatives hostile to a exit of the European Union (EU) without agreement evoked by Boris Johnson who is resolutely opposed to a postponement. The latter immediately replied by announcing the tabling of a motion for early elections.

The text adopted by the deputies on Tuesday night will allow them to control the agenda and present a bill on Wednesday to compel the Prime Minister to request a postponement of the exit of the EU until 31 January 2020, unless that an agreement be approved by Parliament in the meantime or that it accepts the principle of an exit without agreement.

"This is the last chance for the Parliament to prevent an exit without agreement on October 31," said MP Oliver Letwin, at the origin of this unprecedented showdown with the executive.

Black day for Boris Johnson

"It's a dark day for Boris Johnson who loses his first vote as prime minister," said Hervé Amoric, France 24 correspondent in London. "Boris Johnson wants to call early elections but even that, he no longer has the power to do without the consent of the Parliament, which has now taken control of the executive, adds the journalist.To Boris Johnson get elections two-thirds of the elected members of the House of Commons must vote in favor of this decision, and for the moment opposition members are not ready to hand over to Boris Johnson. go to the end of their law that will compel Boris Johnson to request a Brexit postponement early next year if he does not get a new agreement with the European Union by October 19th. "

"It's a dark day for Boris Johnson"

Last week, Boris Johnson decided to suspend Parliament for five weeks, until October 14, triggering the fury of many members who saw a maneuver to "gag".

With AFP and Reuters