Important:
This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Theresa May has now resigned - Hold a general election to have a proper mandate.
The new leader of the conservative party will be elected by only 24000 members of the conservative party. Whoever wins will be a Prime Minister without a mandate of the citizens of the UK. Democracy must prevail a General Election is the only way the negotiations with the EU will have legitimacy.
This petition was rejected
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/252449
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