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PM Johnson seeks legal advice on five-week parliament closure
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has asked his attorney general whether parliament can be shut down for five weeks from Sep 9 in what appears to be an attempt to stop lawmakers forcing a further extension to Brexit, The Observer reported.
Published : 25 August 2019, 04:24 AM
Updated : 25 August 2019, 04:24 AM
An email from senior government advisers to an adviser in Johnson's office written in the last ten days says the prime minister recently requested guidance on the legality of such a move, known as proroguing, the newspaper said.
The legal guidance given in the email is that shutting parliament may well be possible, unless the courts agree to demands by anti-Brexit campaigners to block such a move, the Observer reported.
"The claim that the government is considering proroguing parliament in September in order to stop MPs debating Brexit is entirely false," a government spokesman said.
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