Petition To Revoke Brexit Hits Over 2.7Mln Signatures

Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published March 22, 2019 | 03:00 PM

A petition to revoke Article 50 posted on the UK parliament's website collected over 2.7 million signatures as of Friday

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 22nd March, 2019) A petition to revoke Article 50 posted on the UK parliament's website collected over 2.7 million signatures as of Friday.

The petition posted on Wednesday has already crashed the website due to the great number of signatures, but it got back online. According to the Petitions Committee, the rate of signing is the highest that the site has ever experienced.

A petition is considered by the Parliament for a debate if it racks up more than 100, 000 signatures, and requires a government response if it has more than 10,000 signatures.

The petition gained popularity amid general uncertainty over Brexit. After Thursday's European Council meeting, the EU leaders agreed to grant the United Kingdom a short Brexit extension until May 22 if the UK House of Commons was able to pass the deal and until April 12 if it did not. Both dates are tied to the European Parliament elections, which are scheduled for May 23-26. If the United Kingdom holds them, it has to make the announcement by April 12.

UK Prime Minister Theresa May said she did not believe the United Kingdom should revoke Article 50.