Rejected petition Senedd Choose a new 1st Minister AND update the LAW concerning House of Lords members ex peers
Senedd Members to invoke
Section 47 (2) b of the Government of Wales Act 2006 and choose a new 1st Minister. We will collect a compelling number of signatures from voters to justify their senedd members to call for this action. Our reason is that Peerage advantage and effect was still measurable and had influence in the voting.
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Further Section 17 c of the Government of Wales Act 2006 allows House of Lords Members to effectively use peerage advantage to win an election and then discard it afterwards.
The law should be quite the opposite. There should be 12 months period at least of peerage being renounced before standing for election. Because currently rather than discard the peerage , the law for Senedd is made to provide a springboard to boost election advantage before leaving a peerage behind.
Therefore the law currently is to help Lords into the Senedd not to actually create a fair competition without advantage. Particularly when news and media focus on the factor during an election.
A petition can ask Senedd members to do anything ithat they can do in the law.
Which includes choosing a new 1st Minister
Peerage is a rank above regular citizens, knights and clergy. It carries a superiority to other persons who are supposed to enter a contest as equals.
Therefore the system is currently rigged.
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about appointments or resignations.
We can't accept petitions about appointments or resignations through the Senedd’s petitions process. This includes calling for Ministers to be sacked, resign or for a vote of no confidence.
Holding a vote for a new FM, would necessitate removing the current one, which is against the Senedd's petitions rules.
Amending Section 17 c of the Government of Wales Act 2006 is not something the Senedd can do, it would require action at Westminster to amend that act.
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards
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