Submitted on Friday 24th February 2023
Rejected on Monday 27th February 2023
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Change the law, so that UK citizens can force an immediate General Election
At present a vote of no confidence can only be called by parliament, leaving majority governments in an almost untouchable position. This means that governments can break promises, lie or make decisions that are destructive to the country, and the electorate can do nothing until the next election.
Citizens should be able to hold the government to account at all times, not just during General Elections. The law needs to be changed so that a petition of 'no confidence' to parliament, containing the signatures of at least 51% of the population means a General Election is immediately called.
We should not be held hostage by corrupt governments causing damage to our country.
If the majority of this country believe this to be true then as denizens we have the right to 'Take Back Control'
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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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We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Introduce a mechanism for the public to call a 'No Confidence Referendum': petition.parliament.uk/petitions/624332
Petitions passing 1 million calling for a general election, should be honoured: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/632340
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