‘Boris Johnson’s Suspension of Parliament Lawful’

LONDON: The UK’s High Court on Friday ruled that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend Parliament for five weeks in the run-up to Brexit was lawful. Judges at the court rejected a case brought by lawyer and activist Gina Miller, who claimed Boris Johnson, also the Conservative party leader, had abused his powers. The ruling is set to be appealed in the Supreme Court on September 17. The three judges at the court found that Johnson’s request for Queen Elizabeth II to prorogue Parliament between mid-September until October 14, when there would be a Queen’s Speech setting out the government’s plans for the coming year, was legal. While the government played the move off as routine, opposition MPs said the timing of the suspension was aimed to limit their ability to block a possible no-deal Brexit before the UK leaves the EU on October 31. Miller said she was disappointed with the ruling, according to Efe news. “We are very disappointed with the judgment today. We feel strongly that parliamentary sovereignty is fundamental to the stability and future of our country and is therefore worth fighting to defend,” she told the press outside the court in London. (IANS)

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