Rejected petition 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.

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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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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/235755

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Date submitted 31 January 2019
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