Rejected petition Require a democratic mandate to remove statues or monuments from any public land

Over recent days we have seen the lawful and unlawful removal of several UK statues and monuments with no public consultation due to the views of a vocal minority.
The signees of this petition believe this should only be allowed when there is a democratic mandate for it.

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To enact a law that forbids the removal of any statue or monument on public land without a democratic mandate. This could be a local referendum or petition of local people but it should require a majority of people in the local area.

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

Protect all monuments and statues from being taken down: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325814

Make it a specific offence to desecrate national flags, symbols and monuments: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/325545

Require referendums on the removal of historically significant statues: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/326361

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Date submitted 12 June 2020
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