In the past year, more citizens have again turned to the Saxon state parliament with requests and complaints. In 2022, according to data from Tuesday, a total of 460 petitions were received, almost 60 more than the year before (403). "The interest in the petition process is fortunately unbroken," said the chairwoman of the Petitions Committee, Simone Lang, according to the statement. The number of submitted letters and treated petitions had increased again after a significant slump in 2021.
105 submissions concerned social issues - it was about the preservation of hospitals and special departments, lack of medical care or problems in the field of specialists and family doctors, as well as criticism of social insurance. 77 petitions dealt with noise protection or problems of pedestrians and cyclists in traffic. At 56, the number of petitions in the area of school education was comparatively high, mainly dealing with teacher needs. The petition report is to be discussed this Thursday in the plenum.
