LONDON - Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend parliament is a political issue and not a matter for judges, a lawyer for the prime minister said on Wednesday as he sought to persuade the British Supreme Court that the five-week shutdown was lawful.
The Supreme Court, Britain’s top judicial body, began three days of hearings on Tuesday to decide whether Johnson’s advice to the queen regarding the suspension was unlawful. Outlining Johnson’s case, Eadie said the ability to prorogue parliament was a matter of politics or “high policy” which was non-justiciable, meaning it was not something on which judges could rule.It was a matter for parliament to hold the government to account, not the courts, Eadie said, arguing that lawmakers could take action themselves such as holding a vote of no-confidence in the government if they wished.
Lawyers for opposition lawmakers and anti-Brexit campaigners behind the legal challenge say the real motive was to thwart parliament’s efforts to stop him from leading the country out of the EU on Oct. 31 without an agreed divorce deal.
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