Rejected petition To establish a deselection mechanism for sitting Prime Ministers

To consider a mechanism to remove incumbent Prime Ministers at the request of a majority of the electorate

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We understand that you want there to be a mechanism for the Prime Minister to be removed, but we're not sure exactly how you want this to work.

You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.

We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:

Change the law, so that UK citizens can force an immediate General Election: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/603106

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 12 January 2022
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