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Following the Supreme Court ruling against the compulsory break for the British Parliament, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced he will respect the decision despite his disapproval: "I have to say that I disagree with the judges' verdict at all," said the Prime Minister, according to the British media on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.
"I do not think it is right, but we will continue and of course the Parliament will come back." It is now important to achieve "a good deal", he said. And that would not be easier "with this stuff happening in Parliament and in the courts," he said.
UK PM Boris Johnson says "disagrees" with # SupremeCourt's ruling that suspending Parliament is unlawful, but the government wants "respect" it
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The decision is a bitter defeat for Johnson. The opposition demanded the resignation of the prime minister and new elections. Government officials said Johnson would not resign. However, according to him, it is obvious that now "elections must be called".
In video: Supreme Court declares compulsory break inadmissible
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The Supreme Court had ruled in London that the interruption was "unlawful" because it had prevented the House of Commons, without sufficient justification, from fulfilling its "constitutional responsibilities". The interruption is therefore "void".
The break began on the night of 10th September and was supposed to last until the 14th of October. Parliament President John Bercow announced that the chamber would resume work on Wednesday.
Johnson's decision to allow Parliament to sit for almost five weeks before the UK's planned withdrawal from the EU on 31 October had provoked nationwide protests.
Critics suggested to the Conservative head of government, the Parliament just to want to leverage the crucial Brexit period, if necessary, to be able to enforce a withdrawal without an agreement with the EU. MEPs reject such a no-deal-Brexit majority.
Johnson's attorneys, on the other hand, remained in court to explain that it was a routine operation and that the forced break meant that the government only had time to prepare for the new government program.
The Prime Minister has said several times that he definitely wants to bring about his country's withdrawal from the EU on 31 October, if necessary without an agreement with Brussels. Against his will, however, the deputies immediately before Johnson's compulsory break a law in force, which is to prevent a Brexit without agreement.