The British Prime Minister sent an unsigned letter to the EU on October 19 asking for deferment of Brexit, but he also sent a letter saying he did not want to extend it.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was forced to comply with the Benn Act passed by MPs last month asking the EU to change the UK's exit period (Brexit) from October 31 to January 31, 2020, if by October 31, both parties have not reached an agreement.

Johnson sent a total of three letters to European Council President Donald Tusk, according to an unnamed British government source. The first letter was a copy of the Ben Act but Johnson refused to sign it. Johnson wrote that he did not want to delay Brexit in the second letter and signed it. In the third letter, British ambassador to the EU Tim Barrow explained that Johnson had to be unlucky to send a letter requesting Brexit delay to comply with the law.

"I made it clear from the moment I became prime minister and made it clear to parliament again today that my and the government's position to continue delaying Brexit would undermine the interests of the UK and EU partners. and our relationship, "Johnson wrote in his second letter. Johnson expressed confidence that the British parliament would approve the Brexit deal before October 31.

Tusk announced he had received a request from Johnson. "I will consult EU leaders on how to respond," he wrote on Twitter on October 19.

Brexit was originally scheduled to occur on March 29, two years after former British Prime Minister Theresa May activated Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, a mechanism that governs how a member state leaves the bloc. But this deadline has been delayed several times, in part because the British parliament rejected the agreement agreed three times by the May government with the EU.

After Johnson came to power in late July, he asserted that he wanted Britain to leave the EU on the last day of October, with or without an agreement. The opposition said his policy could cause Britain to leave the EU without an agreement that explicitly stipulates aspects of bilateral relations after Brexit, such as commercial transactions or the rights of British citizens in the EU. This poses a risk of dividing the country, paralyzing agriculture and some manufacturing industries, causing the British economy to fall into recession.