Iran Press/ Europe: Lawmakers in the U.K. have rejected the government’s request to hold a general election on Dec. 12, CNBC reported.
Under the rules, two-thirds of Parliament, or 434 MPs, needed to approve the motion for it to pass, but it got only 299 as opposition lawmakers declined the opportunity to take on Prime Minister Boris Johnson at the ballot box.
Johnson said the government will try again with a new route for a Dec. 12 election in a vote on Tuesday, saying it was time to “get Brexit done.”
Johnson’s defeat means he is now likely to seek a different route to an election — by passing a law with a simple majority that bypasses the 2011 Fixed-term Parliaments Act.
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