Submitted on Thursday 31st January 2019
Rejected on Tuesday 5th February 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
BANNED! DISQUALIFY PUBLIC OFFICIALS FOUND GUILTY OF A SERIOUS OFFENCE
The recent high profile case of a sitting MP jailed for breaking the law has highlighted a serious flaw in our legal system.
Local Councillors are disbarred from public office if they are imprisoned for three months.
Yet MPs can stay in office if their sentence is less than twelve months.
This makes a mockery of our judicial system and means MPs are being held to a lower standard than others.
We believe that the law needs changing so all elected officials are held to the same standard.
All elected officials should be automatically disbarred from office for serious offences against the law.
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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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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/235755
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