Johnson dares MPs to remove him, calls court decision wronghome/News/World/Johnson dares MPs to remove him, calls court decision wrongLONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson challenged opposition members of parliament (MPs )to try to remove him Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) in a defiant response to the Supreme Court’s ruling that his suspension of parliament was unlawful. Britain’s highest court on Tuesday found the Conservative leader acted illegally in suspending, or proroguing, parliament for five weeks in the run-up to Brexit. Johnson, who only took office in July, says he suspended parliament until October 14 to launch a fresh legislative program. On Tuesday, 11 Supreme Court judges unanimously ruled that the suspension was unlawful and therefore void, as it had frustrated parliament. But Johnson, who flew back early from the UN General Assembly in New York to address MPs, accused lawmakers of trying to undermine Brexit.

Source: Manila Times September 26, 2019 16:07 UTC