Rejected petition Hold Senedd Elections now due to Mark Drakeford's resignation

Mark Drakeford's popularity has plummeted, mainly due to the huge public opposition to the default 20mph limit, as evidenced by the petition of over 466,000 signatures. With Mr Drakeford resigning the public now need to be given the opportunity to vote in a Senedd Election rather than see another Labour leader selected internally.

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The petition against the 20 mph speed limit is evidenced here: https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/245548

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, or if the Petitions Committee has considered one in the last year.

The Petitions Committee is already considering a petition on this issue:
Initiate an early Senedd election
https://business.senedd.wales/mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=42092

Details of the Committee’s previous consideration of this issue can be found here:
https://business.senedd.wales/ieIssueDetails.aspx?IId=42092&Opt=3

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

Rejected petitions are published in the language in which they were submitted

Date submitted 13 December 2023
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