MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 17th February, 2019) UK Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday called on the lawmakers from the ruling Conservative Party to discard their differences and unite to pass the divorce agreement with Brussels through the parliament and deliver on the results of the 2016 referendum.
On Thursday, May suffered yet another defeat at the parliament as lawmakers voted, mostly symbolically, to reject her motion asking the parliamentarians to reaffirm support for the prime minister's Brexit negotiating strategy with Brussels. In particular, hard-line Conservative lawmakers affiliated to the pro-Brexit European Research Group refused to support the motion.
"Our party can do what it has done so often in the past: move beyond what divides us and come together behind what unites us; sacrifice if necessary our own personal preferences in the higher service of the national interest," May said in a letter to the parliamentarians.
May stressed that if the parliament fails to adopt a Brexit deal, it will let down the UK citizens whom it represents.�
"I believe that a failure to make the compromises necessary to reach and take through parliament a withdrawal agreement which delivers on the result of the referendum will let down the people who sent us to represent them," the prime minister continued.
According to media reports, May would travel to Brussels next week for more Brexit talks with President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker in an attempt to persuade Brussels to renegotiate parts of the deal that have faced the most criticism in the UK parliament. The prime minister also intends to hold negotiations with all 27 EU leaders over the next few days.
As London's departure from the bloc on March 29 draws nearer and nearer, the prime minister is running out of time to secure support of the exit terms in parliament, where the majority of lawmakers categorically refuse to accept the controversial Irish border backstop provision and want May to come up with some "alternative arrangements."
On February 26, May is set to issue a statement in parliament once again in case the lawmakers do not pass the withdrawal agreement by then.
