Rejected petition Make politicians accountable for breaking promises made in political campaigns.

Rejected on 14 July 2016

Politicians often appear to gain power or win referendums with promises that significantly influenced the public vote. When big promises are reneged on, the only consequences seem to be a period of public moaning. It appears there's little to lose by making empty promises, and everything to gain.

In the absence of obvious explanations (such as unexpected and unpredictable change of circumstances), if it is clear that a promise or pledge was substantially influential to voters but reneged on, it should be incumbent on a party or politician to explain to a public committee why they could not fulfil a significant promise.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/politics-blog/11541708/The-court-case-that-proves-you-cant-sue-politicians-for-breaking-their-election-promises.html

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We don't know what you mean by "make politicians accountable". We think you might want the same action as this petition:

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/137627

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