A third vote of Theresa May's agreement on Brexit is suspended in Parliament – 03/18/2019

Another British exception locks the Conservative government's plan on Brexit and puts the prime minister in an impossible position, in a crucial week for the survival of the divorce with the European Union. In a spectacular intervention, the "President" John Bercow of the House of Commons decided Monday afternoon that the Prime Minister Theresa May He will not be able to present the plan for the third time Brexit this Tuesday in the House.

To prevent the vote, John Bercow returned to a legislation of the year 1604or you can not repeat a vote without changes in Parliament. It was the third time that May's defeated plan had the intention of returning to the legislature.

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"My responsibility is to tell the truth to power," said Bercow, the most eccentric speaker of the British Parliament. "I have never been pushed and I will not start now," he said to explain his statement.

Prime Minister Theresa May has negotiated the weekend with DUP, the Protestant Democrat Unionists of Northern Ireland, to get their support for a third Brexit project and conservatives who have decided to defend "national interests". "Before your vision.

May destined to win this vote before the European summit, which should decide on Thursday the extension of Brexit in Brussels. He had not yet obtained the positive response from the DUP when Bercow issued his statement.

Bercow hinted that he would not allow another vote "on the Brexit before Europe accepts any changes". It means that the speaker will make every effort to return to Parliament all the powers that Theresa May wanted to withdraw during the negotiation.

Thepeak He said the rumor was saying that a third and a fourth vote would be applied. That's why he wanted to show his point of view on the vote that May wanted to impose on Tuesday. The He demanded that the time of the House of Commons be used with respect. This measure, which surprised everyone and broke the official strategy, means that May go without an agreement approved at the European Summit and that a third vote – if it is done – would be next week. But the speaker He warned that he would carefully badyze every proposal and every amendment provided by the legislator.

The President The Speaker of the House of Commons said rumors were circulating that third and fourth votes would be applied. That's why he wanted to show his point of view on the vote that May wanted to impose tomorrow. And he demanded that "the time of the House of Commons be used with respect," when the government seeks to prolong the sessions of Parliament to rediscuss it.

This measure, which surprised everyone and broke the official strategy, means that may go without an agreement approved at the EU summit and that a third vote – if that happens – would take place next week. But the President He warned that he would carefully badyze each proposal and the amendments proposed by the legislator.

The resolution of President it is that the prime minister can not come back with his "significant vote" for his agreement on Brexit if he does not produce "significant changes" before. Impossible legally because it is the agreement on Brexit already concluded with the EU, which only accepts that the "political declaration" of the post on the Brexit be added and enlarged, but not the substance of the agreement.

Bercow explained that "the House of Commons has been consulted several times on the same subject", in a gesture that will enraged while leaving the Prime Minister politically naked.

Bercow suggested that changes should occur "From a negotiation at European level", rather than a unilateral clarification of the legal opinion of the Attorney General of the Kingdom, Geoffrey Cox.

The President He warned the government that the plan had already been tabled twice and defeated in Parliament. Only a third presentation "if their terms are changed" would be acceptable and would be "fundamentally different" rather than a unilateral British reinterpretation. The difference must be "in the background" to allow a new vote.

In front of a stunned room, Bercow said that it is the legislators who can change the legislation so that an identical motion is pbaded several times.

The president's decision immediately won the support of Eurosceptics, such as Bill Cash. "That brought a lot of good sense because he has already been beaten twice, " he said.

With his decision, Bercow ratified the power of Parliament. But he also left the door open for a long period of extension of Article 50 to divorce from the EU and open the possibility of a real negotiation, with a parliament having control Brexit. The big question is what is the future of Prime Minister Theresa May in this new scenario.

London correspondent