A petition requiring Paula Vennells to quit her CBE has actually been signed by over 800,000 individuals (Image: PA)
A petition to remove the ex-chief of the Post Office of her CBE has actually been signed by over 800,000 individuals in simply a matter of hours.
The signees are requiring Paula Vennells to be removed of the CBE she was given up 2019 due to her function in the wrongful prosecution of over 500 Post Office personnel
The personnel, whose convictions for taking versus the business were quashed in 2019, were prosecuted after a computer system fault with the Horizon computer system utilized by the Post Office. Ms Vennells was provided a CBE for services to the Post Office in the 2019 New Year’s Honours list.
The petition, which can be seen herestates: “Evidence has actually been produced that the Post Office took part in a mass cover-up which resulted in the wrongful prosecution of 550 Post Office Staff a number of whom were consequently imprisoned, bankrupted and in many cases, unfortunately took their own lives.
“Having been handed a CBE for services to the Post Office, and vacated into other senior positions in federal government and health care, it is just ideal that this award is now withdrawn through the procedure of loss.
“Paula Vennells has consequently declined to address concerns from these personnel As the media and has actually declined to apologise for the cover-up, anguish and injury triggered which has actually brought not just herself however the Post Office, the honours system and federal government into disrepute“
This is not the very first time Ms Vennel’s CBE has actually been brought into concern. In early 2020, Labour MP Kevan Jones stated: “What took place? She got a CBE in the New Year’s Honours list for services to the Post OfficeThat is simply rubbing salt into the injuries of these innocent individuals.
“There is a case for her having that honour got rid of, and I want to understand how she got it in the very first location when the lawsuit is continuous. Contributed to that, she is now chair of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Once again, I want to understand why and what due diligence was done on her as a person.”
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