Rejected petition Call for an early parliamentary general election prior to triggering Article 50

Call for all members of the House of Commons to pass a motion that there should be an early parliamentary general election prior to triggering Article 50.

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We the undersigned call upon all members of the House of Commons to pass a motion that there should be an early parliamentary general election prior to triggering Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union. The People of the United Kingdom must be allowed to give a clear mandate to their representatives with regards to the nature and scope of any negotiation on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union and on the United Kingdom’s future relationship with the European Union, should Article 50 be triggered.

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Date submitted 28 June 2016
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