Submitted on Wednesday 14th August 2019
Rejected on Thursday 19th September 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Give us a democratically accountable overseer of government
With no established mechanism for the public to withdraw power from the monarch, we have no democratically accountable ultimate authority able to arbitrate when there is conflict between different branches of government. In a mature society, the head of state must have a democratic mandate.
To give the monarch an indirect mandate from the public, we ask that Parliament require the appointment of a directly elected official (with an appropriate recall mechanism, to ensure constant accountability) with no power except:
a) authority to call a referendum on replacing the reigning monarch;
b) access to all information related to the operation of all institutions of government; and
c) authority to publish any such information they consider the public should be aware of.
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:
Petitions need to call on the UK Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. We're not sure exactly what powers you want a directly elected official to have. For example, we're not sure whether you want them to have the power to call a referendum on replacing the Monarchy as an institution, or what it would be replaced with. We're also not sure exactly what information you want them to have access to.
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.
There's already a petition about replacing the Monarchy with an elected Head of State. You might like to sign this petition if it calls for something you'd like to happen.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/270917
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