Boris Johnson could request an extension for Brexit
The British Prime Minister will send a letter to the European Union in case an agreement is not reached before October 19
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, will send a letter to the European Union requesting a postponement of the exit process if the parties have not ratified any agreement before October 19, according to documents sent by the Government to a court of Scotland.
Johnson would thus comply with the law passed in September in Parliament and aimed at avoiding a chaotic divorce on October 31. According to that text, the extension was inevitable if there was no agreement or express permission from Parliament for a hard Brexit before October 19.
A Scottish court is now examining a complaint from anti-Brexit activists who wish to obtain a court order so that Johnson is doubly forced to comply with the law, after the Prime Minister has repeatedly shown his disagreement with a hypothetical third extension of the Brexit
The Government, in documents sent to that court, has confirmed that Johnson assumed his obligation to send the letter, according to judicial documents collected by the BBC. The law even contemplates the text that should go in this letter, although it does not limit that there may be more letters even with contradictory messages.
K. Tovar
Source: El País
