Conservative MPs will not seek a vote of confidence in Boris Johnson until at least next week after the so-called “1922 Committee” which sets the party’s internal rules agreed today to go ahead with electing new members before deciding whether to allow a new motion of impeachment against the prime minister.
According to three Conservative MPs, the 1922 Committee will proceed to renew its mandate next Monday. The new board will then decide whether to change the rules to allow a new impeachment motion against Johnson. Based on current regulations, such a proposal may not be submitted until next year.
Johnson won a confidence vote on June 6, but 41% of Conservative MPs voted against him. The regulation states that no such vote can be taken again before 12 months have passed.
Alec Selbrook MP said nominations for the new 1922 Commission would start being lodged today. Those who wish to become members have until Monday. In the afternoon of the same day, the vote will be held and the composition of the new Commission will be announced the same evening.
“The Commission’s view is that it would be unfair to change the rules until a new one is elected. That’s why they’re speeding up (the) election, to Monday afternoon. And then they’ll discuss it,” Selbrook told reporters.
When asked how soon a decision could be made to change the regulations, the MP said he did not know and did not want to speculate.
Earlier, some media reported that the Commission would change the rules to put a motion of censure against Johnson to a vote this week. But a committee member earlier told Reuters that a rule change would be wrong unless the committee receives a new mandate from MPs. In any case, Johnson may be forced to resign before next week if other members of his government abandon him.
SOURCE: APE-ME
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