UK prime minister calls for snap election in June

United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday called for an early general election in June. 

May cited the government’s divide as her rationale, as the prime minister is pursuing a larger mandate on last year’s Brexit referendum.

“Since I became prime minister I’ve said there should be no election until 2020, but now I have concluded that the only way to guarantee certainty and security for the years ahead is to hold this election and seek your support for the decisions we must take,” May said, according to the BBC.

{mosads}The House of Commons will vote Wednesday on May’s proposal. The snap election will go forward if two-thirds of the chamber approves. The next scheduled election was set to be in 2020.

If approved, the election will take place on June 8, almost one year after the so-called “Brexit” vote when the United Kingdom elected to leave the European Union.

“If we don’t hold a general election now, their political game-playing will continue and the negotiations with the European Union will reach their most difficult stage in the run up to the next scheduled election,” May said.