House of Commons authorizes debate on Brexit

The president of the House of Commons, John Bercow, approved the holding of an urgent debate on the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union, after it has been requested by those who want to block a possible one without agreement.

“In view of the Government’s decision to suspend Parliament, it has become urgent that the deputies debate whether we accept a Brexit without agreement,” said conservative politician Oliver Letwin when submitting a request endorsed by a majority of the House.

More than a dozen “Tories” deputies have stood up in support of the petition, which has been approved by Bercow. The debate will last a maximum of three hours and will open the door for critics with the line set by the premier Boris Johnson to take the reins of the parliamentary agenda as of this Wednesday.

The plan of the deputies who oppose a disorderly Brexit is to vote on a law that would force the Johnson Government to guarantee an agreement with the EU or to leave the last word in Parliament’s hands. It also raises the possibility of extending an exit that has now as an ultimatum on October 31st.

The division within the Conservative Party and the symbolic desertion of a deputy who has passed to the liberal democratic ranks has left the Government without a majority, so as a priority the budding votes are faced with a disadvantage. Johnson has suggested Tuesday that he will not attempt to circumvent a possible law against Brexit without agreement: “Of course I will respect the Constitution and comply with the law.”

K. Tovar

Source: La Tercera