Submitted on Saturday 9th July 2016
Rejected on Tuesday 12th July 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
UK Parliament to hold a general election by 2017 to ensure an elected PM.
In June 2016 the UK voted for independence from the EU. A large portion of both remain and leave voters believe that the EU's governance by unelected commissioners is undemocratic and flawed. This petition asks for a general election to be held to ensure that the UK is governed by an elected PM.
The Fixed-term Parliaments Act requires a general election to be held every five years. However, if a motion for a general election is agreed by two thirds of the Commons then a general election can be held before the end of the five years.
The public debate surrounding the EU referendum highlighted the problems of laws being passed by unelected individuals, accordingly, the UK should be led by an elected Prime Minister. As it stands, this can now only be achieved via a general election.
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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/133551
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