Petition Candidates for political office at both national and local level must publish a independently verified CV

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Proposal is that all candidates for political office at both national and local level must publish an independently verified CV before acceptance for election.
Any candidate who is later found to have omitted or lied about serious issues should be instantly dismissed and made to refund any money/property etc accumulated whilst in office.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

3 signatures

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10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 16 August 2012
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