Britain's parliament voted to withhold its approval of Prime Minister Boris...
LONDON - Britain’s parliament voted to withhold its approval of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal on Saturday, triggering another law that requires him to request a delay to the country’s departure from the European Union.
It sets a deadline of 2300 GMT on Saturday for the prime minister to write a letter and dictates the terms of what he should write.The UK Parliament has passed the European Union Act 2019. Its provisions now require Her Majesty’s Government to seek an extension of the period provided under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, including as applied by Article 106a of the Euratom Treaty, currently due to expire at 11.00pm GMT on 31 October 2019, until 11.00pm GMT on 31 January 2020.
But he told parliament: “I will not negotiate a delay with the EU and neither does the law compel me to do so.” But the speaker of the House, John Bercow, said he would rule whether that would be allowed after several lawmakers said it would break with parliamentary convention that the same question cannot be put twice during the same session.
The campaigners also said he should face penalties including a fine or even prison if he did not comply with the Benn Act.
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