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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to suspend parliament in the run-up to Britain's exit from the European Union was illegal as "null and void."
"The court must conclude that the decision to advise Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to suspend Parliament was illegal," Chief Justice Brenda Hale was quoted as saying in the text.
British House of Commons Speaker John Birko said today that parliament should "meet without delay" after the Supreme Court ruled that Johnson's decision to suspend it was illegal.
"He will consult without delay with the party leaders," said Berko, who strongly criticized Johnson's decision.
The spokesman for the British Prime Minister announced on the ninth of this month the commencement of the suspension of the work of the House of Commons until the middle of next month at a time when political tensions worsened in Britain after the challenge of Parliament in the chambers of the "House of Commons and Lords" Johnson's desire to leave Britain from the European Union on October 31 Next, even if no agreement was reached while the country entered a state of chaos after the passage of a bill prohibiting any prime minister from leaving without an agreement only after the approval of Parliament first.
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