Britain and the Brexit .. Johnson's parliamentary defeat paves the way for early elections

Mohammed Amin-London

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is awaiting tough times after defeating the Conservative Party and opposition lawmakers on Tuesday night in the first phase of trying to enact a law aimed at preventing Britain from leaving the European Union.

The House of Commons voted 328 to 301 to control the agenda, meaning they could introduce a bill seeking to delay the date of exit.

The opposition is seeking to prevent Britain from leaving the European Union without an agreement by introducing a bill that would force the prime minister to postpone the exit date, which is scheduled for October 31.

Faced with that early defeat of Johnson, the British prime minister accused parliament of "wasting more time and giving more strengths to the EU", waving early elections.

According to the British journalist John Johnston, waving the early elections "means that the prime minister senses danger, and that he suffered a humiliating defeat."

Wondrous week and early elections
In an interview with Al Jazeera Net, Professor Kamel Hawash, a British specialist, said that Johnson "tasted defeat in the first vote on a draft resolution on Brexit in parliament during his short term as prime minister," referring to the bill to be introduced on Wednesday to prevent the government from going out. Without agreement.

Hawash believes that if the defeat is repeated today in the House of Commons, and then in the House of Lords; Johnson will call for early elections, considering the recent developments witnessed "unprecedented, wonderful in the mother of parliaments."

Hawash said that Johnson's determination to prevent every member of the Conservative Party voted with the opposition - 21 of them - from representing the party and sitting on the party's seats in parliament, including Kenneth Clark, the oldest lawmaker and former treasury secretary. Other. "

Constitutional dilemma
But most importantly, from Hawash's point of view, the possibility of parliament rejecting the early elections;

The strikes hit Johnson early, he received a live stab from Rep. Philip Lee, who moved from his position among conservative lawmakers, and walked into the ranks of opposition Liberal Democrats, declaring his defection, losing the Conservative Alliance and the Irish Party as a likely voice overwhelming all opposition members. With one voice, after the angry departed, Johnson lost the majority from 320 to 319.

The British journalist Daniel Finkelstein said that there was no contradiction between the results of the popular vote in favor of Brexit and the refusal of Parliament to exit without an agreement. The 2016 referendum did not mention the form of departure. There was nothing else on the ballot, and the result was that we had to leave. ”

The British journalist adds that the result was at the same time ambiguous as to the form of exit. Nothing in the referendum shows "how we should leave or when we should do so, we live in a parliamentary democracy, and these are questions that parliament must determine."

Opponents of Brexit want to force the prime minister to ask for a three-month delay if he cannot get a new deal with the EU by October 19.

Johnson has already pledged to take his country out of the European Union on May 31 "with an agreement or without an agreement, and the implementation of the desire of 52% of the British who supported the exit during the referendum in 2016."