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By APD writer Aditya Nugraha
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will call for a general election should MPs in the parliament rejected the premier’s no-deal Brexit strategy in the parliamentary vote scheduled on Tuesday.
The official said on Monday that government would table the general election option on Wednesday, expected to be held on October 14.
Johnson has hinted earlier that there will be no circumstances that delaying the nation from leaving the European Union (EU) by October 31 with his strategy.
Boris Johnson, who took office since July, has pledged to deliver the 2016 referendum vote for Brexit. He was adamant to do so after holding a meeting with his senior ministers on Monday evening.
He claimed that chances to separate from EU have been rising ahead of EU leaders summit slated for October 17 and 18.
Conservative coalition in Britain parliament feared that the premier’s no-deal Brexit strategy would bring significant economy disruption in the countr.
Cross-party group of MPs has sought law amendment in a bid to delay the Brexit until January 31 next year.
Some 52 percent of British citizens have voted in 2016 referendum to sever ties with EU which the nation has joined in the last 46 years .
British former prime-minister Theresa May had agreed exit terms with EU last year but the deals were rejected by parliament three times.
The deals covered several issues, among others Britain's financial contributions, the rights of EU expatriates and the Irish border.
Johnson has repeatedly called on the EU to renegotiate but it has so far refused, prompting both sides to intensify preparations for a disorderly relationship cessation.
(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)
