Submitted on Saturday 25th June 2016
Rejected on Friday 1st July 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
It is better to have a General Election and not a closed leadership contest
In the wake of Referendum result, and its massive implications for the UK, the current PM has chosen to step down. Fair enough.
What's not acceptable is that the Electorate will have no say in the government that follows, especially when that will be the government negotiating our withdrawal.
You may ask why I haven't asked for a General Election. The rules of these petitions say you can't submit one that will directly trigger an Election, so the wording of this one is to ask MPs to indicate their preference.
It is democratically poor in this country that parties have mid-term leadership contests and replace their PM without reference to us.
In this case the political landscape is so dramatically altered, and the UK will change so much, we really should be allowed to choose.
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
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.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/133548
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