Global geopolitical Series: Jeremy Corbyn calls for parliamentary approval before attacking Syria as Theresa May intends to bypass

After the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Theresa May indicated that she would not be seeking approval of the UK parliament if her government decides to join the U.S. led coalition to attack the Syrian government forces, which are backed by Russia in order to hold the regime responsible for the alleged chemical weapons attack on its own people earlier this month, the UK’s main opposition Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbyn who has been mocked by the government officials as a Russia-sympathizer called on Prime Minister May to abandon her government’s unilateral move and to seek approval from the parliament before any such attack.

Speaking to British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Mr. Corbyn said when asked about Syria that the parliament should always be given a say on military action. He added that the situation is very serious and called for a political process to end the civil war in Syria that began in 2011. He said that the further escalation of the situation can’t be risked that it already is. However, his demand is likely to fall into deaf ears as Prime Minister is not bound by law to seek approval of the parliament just like his previous demand where he asked the UK government to share the Skripal evidence with the Russians before blindly accusing it.