Boris Johnson calls for a referendum on the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights

The lack of support to carry out the deportations to Rwanda has turned the conservatives’ attacks towards the Strasbourg Court

The former president of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, in an image REUTERS file

04/10/2024

Updated at 2:33 p.m.

The former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, has stated his position on the European Convention on Human Rights. Johnson has asked Conservative candidates to promote a referendum on the country’s accession to the European institution.

According to the British newspaper ‘Daily Telegraph’, Boris Johnson has asserted that there are “solid arguments” to approve a vote to end the “adventurous in legal terms” line that the institution has taken.

«I would. “I think the institution has changed.” “He’s trying to guess what should the national jurisdiction do and I am not sure that it really provides people with protection,” the former president said.

Since Johnson’s departure from the government, several personalities from the conservative bench, who are fighting for the leadership of the party, have charged against the ECHR. The lack of aid to implement the plan to deport people to Rwanda has turned the attacks towards the Strasbourg Court.

The transfer of Chagos Islands

Beyond Johnson’s management of Rwanda, citizens have assessed the action to certify the transfer of Chagos Islands to the archipelago of Mauritius. Signed last Thursday by the Starmer government, Labor affirms that the negotiations began under the presidency of the conservative bench, however, the credit has fallen on the figure of Liz Truss.

To reinforce his positions and seek to influence the conservative bench, Boris Johnson will be interviewed on Friday on ITV.

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