Dubai – Masaader News
An anti-Brexit campaigners began legal action to force Johnson to comply with a new law that forces him to seek a delay rather than leave the EU on October 31 with no deal, according to BBC.
The “Benn Act” was passed last month by opposition lawmakers and rebels in Johnson’s Conservative party. Johnson refers to the law as the “Surrender Act” but has said he will abide by it. However, he has also commented that he would “rather be dead in a ditch” than delay Brexit beyond October 31.
The legal challenge seeks to impose penalties “including fine and imprisonment” if Johnson fails to comply with the new law.
In submissions to the Scottish court, the government said that Johnson accepted that he was obliged to send a letter to the EU asking for a delay and that, if an extension was granted, Britain would also agree to it.