Submitted on Friday 24th June 2016
Rejected on Monday 4th July 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Parliament should not simply accept the result of the EU Referendum
The EU Referendum is described as an 'Advisory' vote, so it is not mandatory for the government to act on it. We therefore urge Parliament to choose for themselves not to leave the EU at the present time.
The voting was very close, with less than on third of the UK's population voting to leave the EU. Evidence suggests that the leaving vote was skewed heavily against younger voters i.e. those who will have to cope with any problems for the longest.
A delay to initiating leaving the EU, for say, a year or two, would allow for calm reflection whilst the consequences become clearer.
This is the time when leadership might best be displayed by saying "No, the mandate for leaving is simply not that strong, and we are not yet ready to act on it."
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/133540
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