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False or unsupported statements during a campaign should be a criminal offence

Submitted on Saturday 25th June 2016

Rejected on Friday 15th July 2016

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

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False or unsupported statements during a campaign should be a criminal offence

Petition Details

With EU referendum over we have all seen the catastrophic effects of false or unsupported statements. Politicians need to be aware of the effects that such statements made during a campaign can cause. For this reason they should be prosecuted if these statements are not supported or false.


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This petition was rejected

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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