by Governor Greg Abbott of Texas has said that he is taking legal steps to remove dozens of Democrats from the office who flee the state to block a plan to draw election boundaries again.
He brought a lawsuit at the Texas Supreme Court and tried to dismiss the Democratic legislator, Gene Wu, which he called the “leader” of a conspiracy to “hijack” the state government.
While the submission focuses on WU, Abbott said in a statement the departure and the refusal to return by more than 50 Democrats “leaving their office, so that their removal justified”.
The again drawn conference card would create five republican leaning seats in the American house of delegates in Washington DC, where Republicans have a slim majority.
“Texas House Democrats have left their duty towards Texans and there must be consequences,” the governor said in a statement.
At least two -thirds of the legislative authority of 150 members in Texas must be present to continue the vote. The quorum became unreachable after more than 50 democratic legislators fled the state at the weekend.
“The decision of the court will determine whether only one third of the legislative power can dictate the result for 100% of the Texans,” says the court case.
It argues: “Most people who repeatedly did not show up for work are fired. Kublants must be kept at the same standard.”
The submission asks the highest court of the state to grant a rarely used Writ of Quo Warranto to WU from his office.
Quo Warranto is a judicial action used to resolve a dispute about whether a specific person has the legal right to retain a public office.
The lawsuit came a day after the Republican governor ordered that the absent Democrats were arrested and returned to the Statehouse, so a vote on redistribution could take place.
Wu, who is chairman of the Texas House Democratic Caucus, told the Texas Tribune that denying a quorum was “not leaving my office”, but “a fulfillment of my oath”.
He accused Abbott to try “my abnormal opinion by removing a properly chosen officer from his office,” and claimed that “my constitutional duty is not to be a willing participant”.
The lawsuit requires the Texas Supreme Court of Texas dominated by the Republicans to spend its ruling on Thursday at 5:00 PM-one day before the house session is planned to resume.
All nine judges at the Texas Supreme Court his Republican and the Supervisor was previously the general counsel for Abbott.
The Attorney General Ken Paxton in Texas, who takes a separate action to have the seats of the Democrats explained “vacant,” on Monday that the legal process might be long.
Paxton told the conservative podcaster Benny Johnson to remove the legislators, individual lawsuits must be brought against each in their individual provinces.
“We should go through a judicial process, and we should submit that in districts that are not friendly to Republicans,” Paxton said, according to the stands.
“So it’s a challenge because every district would be different.”
Democrats have defended their decision to break Quorum.
Speaking with BBC News from Chicago, Democrat Ana-María Rodríguez Ramos said in Texas: “We have to use every tool at our disposal … to keep protecting our democracy.”
