Petitions Create Awareness

Petitions are generally addressed to a government official or a particular individual. www.petitionspot.com provides room for such petitions, which are bound to make the world we live a better place. People or citizens who find themselves in a position of social responsibility draft petitions. When they cannot tolerate what they find in their society, they strive to change whatever they can by writing petitions and gaining the support of people. Generally petitions regarding race seclusion, crime etc have much public upheaval and response as they concern the feelings of the individual. Petitions regarding the improvement of the poverty stricken and down trodden also have mass approval from the public. Even these citizens deserve a better life in this world. Such petitions, which require certain amendments to be taken, are addressed to more than one government official in order to have a quick response.

Time taken to analyze these petitions is generally very long. But they do have an impact on the government and the individuals. Actually the time taken to get ready with such petitions and circulate them among the right audience itself takes a very long time. Of course, changes of this magnitude cannot happen overnight. But one should have the right amount of patience to draft up such petitions and get them signed by the right people. After a petition is submitted to the concerned government official and after its scrutinized, it is kept in the Parliament house for public viewing. Anyone can view these petitions which have larger response from the public and which contains a social awareness message. Such petitions are forwarded to the concerned ministers, who might take any action they find appropriate for that petition. They may even cancel any action regarding that petition and alert a bunch of people who have signed the petition regarding what was done to that petition. No petition produces immediate or obvious results. There are lots of factors to be considered before any action is taken regarding that petition.

It is always better to state your petition as simple as possible along with ways and suggestions to nullify the problem stated in that petition. A public petition must be signed by as many people as possible in order to make it look important and a matter of immediate concern. The Olive Riddley turtles living in Orissa port are endangered species. A sea port project designed by Tata groups in that area was in the stage of pushing those poor species to extinction. A national wide petition stating the dangers of that project was sent to Ratan Tata, who took immediate action and stopped the project in order to save those species. A petition of this magnitude will have immediate response from officials. Because of such petitions are ignored, it will cause a major political drawback to those officials.  Sometimes special committees will be organized to conduct a survey regarding that petition and submit reports to the government within a specified time. Any action regarding that petition will be suspended until the report is filed to the government. Later based on the survey and report appropriate actions will be taken and the individuals responsible will be notified regarding the work done for that petition. Many petitions demanding the general rights of the public are also filed in the Parliament. Such petitions are found in this site. Many national and international petitions can be written in this site and are kept for public approval. Signatures from people across various countries are gathered for a petition. This site provides effective means for e-petitions.