Submitted on Sunday 23rd June 2019
Rejected on Wednesday 3rd July 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Force new, unelected Prime Ministers to have a general election within a year.
A governing party electing a new leader and therefore a new Prime Minister by it own internal process, is profoundly undemocratic. This petition seeks an amendment to the fixed term parliament act forcing newly unelected PMs to go to the people through a general election within a year of office.
Gordon Brown, Theresa May and the soon to be elected new Prime Minister, will come to power not by the election of the population of their country but through coronation by their own party membership. These memberships are proven not to reflect the demographic of the UK. This recent trend undermines our long held electoral democracy. Amending the fixed term parliament act to demand a new general election within a year of coming to power, understands but balances stability with democracy.
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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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