Online platform ‘Jonogon’ launched to facilitate citizen petitions

A new online platform, Jonogon, has been launched in Bangladesh to allow citizens to submit petitions and receive formal responses from relevant authorities. The platform aims to provide a structured process where individuals can raise issues and gather public support. Once a petition garners enough votes, a legal team will formalise the request and submit it to the relevant governmental or institutional authorities.
According to social media posts by the founders, Jonogon aims to ensure that every petition, whether accepted or rejected, will receive a response that outlines the reasons behind the decision. The initiative aims to increase transparency and ensure accountability in addressing public concerns.
The platform is the result of the collaboration of a community that involves engineers, lawyers, and public figures. Hussain M Elius, the co-founder of ride sharing platform Pathao, is one of the co-founders of the platform. 
Naseef Fatemi, founder of delivery platform DeliveryHobe and one of the co-founders of the platform said, “Jonogon was started because we believed people’s voices can be heard without spilling blood or blocking the streets. There had to be a better way. So, together with the Jonogon – we’re building it.”
Regarding the future of this platform Naseef said, “In the long run we see this turning into the helpful platform for government and it being in the hands of every Bangladeshi. Once a dabi (demand) has been accepted, the jonogon (viewers of the website) will be able to view it’s progress to ensure complete transparency and a structured reliable way to get real-time updates for our projects/demands.”
Jonogon operates on an open-source basis, and its code can be viewed, modified, and contributed to via GitHub.