Celebrated Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka has called on
Commonwealth member countries to send a fact-finding mission to the
UK following last week’s decision by Prime Minister Boris Johnson
to suspend – or prorogue – parliament.
Mr Johnson’s move had been seen by some as an attempt to stop
MPs from preventing the UK form leaving the European Union without
a deal. The prime minster has said that there is still plenty of
time to debate the issue. Parliament is due to look at the issue on
Tuesday.
“I never thought I would live to see a prime minister prorogue
parliament, I mean what is this, Oliver Cromwell come back?” Mr
Soyinka told BBC’s Newsday programme.
He added that the UK was setting a “bad example”:
He said: “I think the fellow members of the Commonwealth should
sit up and take note and examine the protocols of British
associations and see whether Britain merits suspension from the
Commonwealth for setting a bad example in democratic practice.
“I think the fellow members of the Commonwealth should sit up
and take note and examine the protocols of British associations and
see whether Britain merits suspension from the Commonwealth for
setting a bad example in democratic practice.”
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