LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s constitution offers no clear answer to the question now on lots of Britons’ minds: what occurs if Prime Minister Boris Johnson, undergoing tests in healthcare facility after consistent signs of coronavirus, can not continue to lead.
FILE PICTURE: A journalist is pictured shooting the front of 10 Downing street after Britain’s prime minister Boris Johnson checked positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in London, Britain, March 27,2020 REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
Johnson was admitted to healthcare facility on Sunday in what his workplace stated was a “precautionary action” after evaluating positive 10 days earlier and still experiencing a high temperature. He remains in charge of the government, his workplace said.
Johnson has stated he can keep working from self-isolation in his Downing Street house, just as his health secretary, Matt Hancock, who likewise evaluated positive for the virus, has done.
But the truth that 2 such vital leaders in the UK’s battle versus the pandemic have contracted the illness has raised concerns about how the government would operate without them at a time of international crisis.
The constitution– an unwieldy collection of often ancient and inconsistent precedents– offers no clear, formal “Fallback” or succession scenario, professionals stated.
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