Petition updateLaunch a public inquiry into the #DeniedMyVote scandalCouncil of Europe urged to probe UK over rule of law breaches
ROGER CASALELondon, ENG, United Kingdom
Sep 22, 2019

On Thursday, we presented our letter to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.

Council of Europe urged to probe UK over rule of law breaches

The letter calls on the new Secretary General, Marija Pejčinović Burić, to investigate a pattern of democratic abuses that is emerging in the UK including the UK government's failure to secure the voting rights of over 1 million EU citizens and Britons abroad in the European elections. 

To add your name to the letter, click here

Writing in the Financial Times on Friday, Philip Stephens said:

"The lying reveals a profound disdain for the traditions, institutions and laws that sustain Britain's parliamentary ecosystem.

Whitehall officials say rules of proper behaviour are simply torn up.  "We can do as we please" runs the refrain in Downing St.

Mr Johnson's public refusal to say he will uphold the law underpins this contempt.  If the government can cheat, it will."

It is vitally important that we continue to pursue our call for a public inquiry into #DeniedMyVote through all possible channels.

With your support, we will continue to press for a debate on #DeniedMyVote as soon as parliament is recalled.

Please click here to contribute what you can to the campaign

We will also continue to press for a full investigation by the appropriate committee in the European Parliament and to pass evidence to the European Commission inquiry which is already underway as part of their reporting process into the European elections.

Our fears that the #DeniedMyVote scandal revealed a systematic contempt for democracy, human rights and the rule of law appear to be well-founded.

Together with civil society actors across the European Union we `are mobilising support for a campaign to call the UK to order.

With your continued support we will step up the campaign that we have launched with our letter Council of Europe. 

Please chip in on the link below to make sure that continue to make an impact - not for a moment should we let this matter rest.

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