Submitted on Saturday 9th July 2016
Rejected on Thursday 21st July 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make it an offence for politicians to make false claims or statements to public
Many people feel they cannot trust what polititians tell them in election campaigns and referrendums. This undermines democracy. They should be made to take an oath then should be required to say whether whatever they say is 'factual' or just their opinion. If factual they should disclose the source
During both the Scottish Independence referendum and the recent EU referendum both sides made statements which were exaggerated or simply untrue, and in some cases knowingly untrue.
TV debates do not help present the truth or facts which voters need to make an informed decision.
Democracy only works if voters are given accurate information on which to make their decision. An outcome which has been affected by dishonest campainging cannot reflect the democratic will of the people.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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