Unprecedented crisis with the closure of Westminster

The British Parliament will suspend its sessions for a month, until October 14, two weeks before the deadline for Brexit, after Queen Elizabeth II gave the green light to a request from the government. Prime MinisterBoris Johnson, who seeks to avoid a parliamentary blockade during an exit without agreement, amidst the fury of the opposition arena, who described the maneuver as "undemocratic".

Johnson unleashed a political earthquake in the country by asking the monarch to temporarily suspend Westminster, a maneuver that will reduce the time available to lawmakers to try to block a Brexit without agreement, as they had announced.

Westminster will conclude its activity in two weeks and will remain so for another four years, until the Queen presides at the opening ceremony of October 14th of a new legislature.

According to Johnson, this plan is due to the fact that his government "will carry out an ambitious and courageous legislative program" in which a possible agreement with the European Union on Brexit will be one of the "central issues", did he declare. L & # 39; Independent.

In addition to provoking an economic cimbronazo (bags and pound fell), this announcement angered British opposition groups, who had announced a few days ago their intention "to explore the ways to prevent the country from leaving the EU on 31 March. October without agreement, an option that seems closer every day.

In summary, the Parliament will be suspended for four weeks, a few days after the return to work of its members on 3 September, and will resume its duties two weeks before the Brexit deadline, a calendar allowing room for maneuver. deputies opposed to a hard Brexit.

The opposition, led by Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, anticipates an unprecedented political crisis.

Corbyn had written to the Queen to request an "emergency" meeting, in order to neutralize the Conservative's plans which he said would "deprive the electorate of the possibility of making its representatives accountable to the government. "in the crucial weeks before the Brexit deadline. "This real prerogative is established directly against the wishes of the majority of the House of Commons," he said.

Seeking support

The Labor writer wrote to 116 conservatives and independent MPs, including former Prime Minister Theresa May and former Economic Affairs Director Philip Hammond, who asked him to support mechanisms that prevent a departure brutal block, but this alternative with such a calendar adjusted, it is done uphill.

Thus, the Queen, who could ignore the opinion of the Director General and refuse to consent to the extension, preferred to maintain the neutral role she has fought since the coronation in 1953.

Guy Verhofstadt, Parliament's coordinator for Brexit in the European Parliament, described Johnson's maneuver as "sinister", while Scottish National Party (SNP) leader in Westminster, Ian Blackford, said that it should be "arrested because it is embarrbading and undemocratic (…), a flagrant conspiracy to force a hard Brexit."

"It's a dark day for democracy in the UK," he said.

Scottish Minister Nicola Sturgeon said: "If parliamentarians do not meet to stop it next week, today (yesterday) will remain in history as a dark day for democracy British".

The President of the European Parliament, David Sbadoli, was also opposed to Johnson's decision. "Listening to parliamentarians is always good for democracy. For this reason, it is best to leave them open, "wrote the Italian on his Twitter account.

500 thousand signatures for a debate

It's five times more than necessary for an argument.

A popular petition against the suspension of the British Parliament has collected more than half a million signatures. The threshold of 100,000 members was therefore to be debated in the House of Commons. Created by a citizen identified as Mark Johnston on the Parliament's website, the complaint calls for not to paralyze the cameras in the absence of agreement, an extension of the release date of the 39; UE or if the output is deleted. Parliament's suspension would leave a narrow margin for discussing Brexit.