The petition, signed by more than 250,000 people, was presented to the law commission on Wednesday, which decided to close it. A total of 294 petitions are listed on the platform of the National Assembly.
The citizen’s petition calling for the dissolution of the Brav-M (Brigade for the repression of motorized violent action) was filed on Wednesday April 5 by the National Assembly’s law commission. The text, which denounced “police repression” during the demonstrations against the pension reform, mobilized in an unprecedented way, since it is the first time that a petition exceeds 100,000 signatures. Indeed, more than 263,000 people have signed it, and this number is important, because from 100,000 signatures, the petition arrives on the official website of the National Assembly, to give it more visibility.
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Once filed, the petitions are assigned to the competent committee on the subject, here the law committee. A member of this committee is appointed rapporteur for the text, and he offers two choices: to examine the petition or to classify it, which was the case on Wednesday afternoon.
If the petition is accepted, it is debated in committee by the deputies, its author and the minister concerned may also be heard. And if it reaches 500,000 signatures in at least 30 different departments, it can then be the subject of a debate in the hemicycle, which gives an even greater impact to the subject.
Nearly 300 petitions on various subjects
Currently, there are 294 petitions on the platform, on a wide variety of topics. For example, one of them is in favor of maintaining the BRAV-M – also classified by the rapporteur – and still others for the extension of the duration of maternity leave, the prohibition of watering golf courses or groundhog hunting, or to limit the use of Article 49.3.
To file a petition, the criteria are not very restrictive. You just need to be of legal age, of French nationality or regularly residing in France; the petition must be written entirely in French, have a specific subject, and must not contain abusive language or calls for violence. If the National Assembly deems it admissible, it is therefore published.
All adults, of French nationality or who regularly reside in France can sign it, by connecting via the France Connect system. The signatures remain anonymous, but this procedure, explains the Assembly, makes it possible to guarantee that each petition can only be supported once per person.