Criminally Prosecute Politicians Who Mislead Voters During Election Campaigns.

Rejected 20 signatures

What the petition asks

As voters, we have grown increasingly tired of politicians lying to the voters in order to get into office. In any other setting this would be construed as engaging in fraud and deception and would certainly result in a criminal prosecution.. We think politicians should NOT be exempt.

We also believe that in a democracy, the winning party should be called to account should they breech any manifesto pledges including ones they make in the media and TV debates.

All parties lie during election campaigning, and this is intolerable to the electorate.

EG. David Cameron made a concrete pledge never to cut tax credits, his government did just that. He promised to reduce immigration, it has risen to record levels.

This should also lead to government termination and fresh elections.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Make it illegal for politicians to make false promises to voters in elections.

Timeline

11 Nov 2015	Petition opened for signatures
16 Nov 2015	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 20

Status Rejected

Rejected 16 Nov 2015

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