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Make it illegal for a Politician to knowingly lie to the public

Submitted on Thursday 30th June 2016

Rejected on Wednesday 6th July 2016

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Make it illegal for a Politician to knowingly lie to the public

Petition Details

When doing this to further their political aims
The penalty for breaking said law to not exclude: A Term of Imprisonment, a Fine of at least five times their Annual Income and Disbarring from any public office for a minimum term of five years

Additional Information

During the recent European Referendum lies were told by many of the Politicians involved and repeated to such an extent that they became "established Fact" when they remained total lies.
This caused voters who were starved of real facts to believe their lies and vote accordingly. This needs to stop


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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.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

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