UK Parliament approves early general election
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Members of UK Parliament take part in Prime Minister's questions in the House of Commons in London, April 19, 2017. (Photo by AFP)
The British Parliament has voted almost unanimously in favor of an early general election proposed by UK Prime Minister Theresa May.
Lawmakers in the House of Commons voted 522 to 13 on Wednesday to support the motion put forward by May a day earlier.
The election will be held on June 8, nearly a year after 52 percent of Britons voted to leave the European Union (EU).
The current Parliament will dissolve on June 3.
On Tuesday, May made a unexpected announcement that she would seek a "snap" election less than halfway through her government's five-year term, with the goal of gaining a stronger mandate for Britain's withdrawal from the Europea...