Submitted on Saturday 25th June 2016
Rejected on Friday 1st July 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
The House of Commons to call a General Election following the EU referendum
The EU referendum result was a small majority in favour of changing the status quo. With the stated resignation of the Prime Minister this means the government will be negotiating significant constitutional change lead by a leader who has no public mandate.
The result has deeply divided the country and historically constitutional change in most countries has required a clear majority. For example, for the House of Commons to call for a General Election requires 2/3rd vote in favour.
If an unelected Prime Minister leads the negotiations on such a slim majority this will lead to a constitutional crisis with no public mandate to enact the result of the referendum.
A general election will allow for a mandated government to respond to the referendum.
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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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