Rejected petition Invoking the Royal Prerogative to activate Article 50 of the EU Treaty

We petition the government to make it law that the Prime Minister cannot invoke the Royal Prerogative to activate Article 50 of the EU Treaty in order to notify the European Council that the UK wishes to exit the EU and that such an article can only be invoked by a majority vote of elected MPs.

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Why was this petition rejected?

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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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/133540

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Date submitted 26 June 2016
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