Midnight Son
11-08-2004, 11:32 AM
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20041107/wl_uk_afp/iraq_britain_politics&e=4
A draft of a parliamentary motion to impeach Prime Minister Tony Blair accuses him of "gross misconduct" over the US-led invasion of Iraq, a newspaper said.
The Independent on Sunday said it had obtained the text of the motion from a cross-party group of MPs, adding it would be offered for debate soon after the new parliamentary session begins later this month.
The motion calls for a select committee to investigate the "conduct of the PM in relation to the war in Iraq," the daily said.
The committee would draw up the "articles of impeachment" and a panel of law lords would judge whether Blair deliberately misled the nation into waging an unlawful war, it said.
A guilty verdict would see Blair arrested by parliament's Sergeant at Arms.
Michael Martin, the speaker in the House of Commons, must rule on whether the motion can be proposed for debate on the floor of the house.
The newspaper said that although Blair had little chance of losing an impeachment vote, the very fact it was held would represent a serious humiliation.
Wouldn't it be cool if we could do that to our gross leader?
A draft of a parliamentary motion to impeach Prime Minister Tony Blair accuses him of "gross misconduct" over the US-led invasion of Iraq, a newspaper said.
The Independent on Sunday said it had obtained the text of the motion from a cross-party group of MPs, adding it would be offered for debate soon after the new parliamentary session begins later this month.
The motion calls for a select committee to investigate the "conduct of the PM in relation to the war in Iraq," the daily said.
The committee would draw up the "articles of impeachment" and a panel of law lords would judge whether Blair deliberately misled the nation into waging an unlawful war, it said.
A guilty verdict would see Blair arrested by parliament's Sergeant at Arms.
Michael Martin, the speaker in the House of Commons, must rule on whether the motion can be proposed for debate on the floor of the house.
The newspaper said that although Blair had little chance of losing an impeachment vote, the very fact it was held would represent a serious humiliation.
Wouldn't it be cool if we could do that to our gross leader?