Rejected petition Ensure that Article 50 can only be triggered after an act of parliament.

Rejected on 3 July 2016

Given the 1972 European Communities Act, the prime minister does not have constitutional authority to lawfully trigger Article 50 until such time as a new parliamentary act is passed giving him or her this authority. This petition gives support for formal debate on this and for blocking Brexit.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-uk-leaves-the-eu-36671629

https://www.crowdjustice.co.uk/case/should-parliament-decide/

Why was this petition rejected?

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We think the following petition is similar to yours:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/133540

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