Rejected petition We request that parliament holds a full debate and a free vote on Article 50.

It is likely that this referendum result will lead to the breakup of the UK. Parliament must make a decision on our position within the EU and on the possible break-up of the UK. Enactment of Article 50 by parliament will trigger this process.

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1. Any Member State may decide to withdraw from the Union in accordance with its own constitutional requirements.

This is the opening statement of Article 50.

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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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The open petition similar to yours is:

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

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Date submitted 11 August 2016
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