Queen Elizabeth II recently accepted a request that suspends the Parliament of England from the second week of September to October 14th.

The man behind the request is the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson. By proroguing Parliament, it makes it a lot harder for any lawmakers to prevent a “No-deal” Brexit, as they would only have two weeks to discuss their plan of action.

“No-deal” Brexit involves removing the United Kingdom from the European Union immediately on October 31st, without agreements about future relations between one another.

A day before the request, several leaders of the opposing party spoke of their plan to force Johnson to ask for an extension, if there wasn’t a deal by the Halloween deadline.

When Johnson took office, he made a speech that states that the UK would be out of the European Union by October 31st, no matter what it takes to achieve it.

With Johnson involving the queen into the controversial debate, the monarch had little choice but to accept. The head of state, or the queen, is bound by previous instances to follow the advice of the Prime Minister.

Vernon Bogdanor, in an interview with the Washington Post, said, “It’s a rule that has served her throughout her reign. It means that any criticism of her decision is directed at the PM (Prime Minister) and the government not the queen.”

With the Queen’s approval of the prorogue, or discontinuing Parliament for a period of time, the British Prime Minister is facing some legal and political backlash. Thousands of protestors gathered around Parliament Square on Wednesday night, August 28. The protest isn’t about the queen’s decision, but more about Johnson’s advice to the monarch, and whether it was legal.

According to the Guardian, on August 15, pro-EU campaigner Mark Johnston, created a petition to stop the prorogue two week before the announcement was made, and has since then gained more than 1.6 million signatures.

On the petition website, it says that “Parliament must not be prorogued or dissolved unless and until the Article 50 period has been sufficiently extended or the UK’s intention to withdraw from the EU has been cancelled.”

Any petition with more than 10,000 signatures will be considered by the government.

According to npr.org, House of Commons speaker John Bercow, said, “At this early stage in his premiership, the prime minister should be seeking to establish rather than undermine his democratic credentials and indeed his commitment to parliamentary democracy.”