Make It A Criminal Offence To Fail To Uphold Policy Pledges

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

To ensure our votes matter, we must have a way of holding politicians personally responsible for enacting the policies we vote for. We therefore need a more robust system that holds our politicians legally accountable to their statements.

Failing to carry out the wishes of the electorate should be a criminal offence. Regardless of your political orientation, by signing this petition you will help reinforce everybody's democratic right and ensure that the policies you vote in are seen through.

We, the undersigned, propose that government pass legislation requiring politicians to keep promises made during campaigns, and provide the voting public with the means to prosecute individuals when these promises are broken.

Why it was rejected

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

Make election manifestos a legal and binding contractual document

Timeline

26 Jun 2016	Petition opened for signatures
14 Jul 2016	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18

Status Rejected

Rejected 14 Jul 2016

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