Petition · past parliament

Prime Minister to update the nation once per week during the current crisis

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

Ensure the Prime Minister keeps people informed via the daily press briefings at least once per week in terms of the governments strategy for dealing with the health and economic crisis affecting the nation.
Insist that the Prime Minister addresses the nation via the current daily press briefings at least once per week as a minimum.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

21 May 2020 Petition opened for signatures
16 Jul 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12
Status Rejected
Rejected 16 Jul 2020

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.