This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Ensure politicians who lie/deliberately mislead the public are held accountable.
A full public statement is made by the person who has lied or misled the public using the same forum (time, media, prominence) as was used to distribute the mistruth. Therefore, if if was said in a national press conference, the same medium must be used issue a statement retracting the lie.
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Dishonesty in government is rife. The general public has lost all faith and trust in our elected representatives due to constant misinformation.
This measure would ensure that politicians act in an honourable and honest manner. Politicians would be forced to use factual information and be held accountable for information they distribute.
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Why was this petition rejected?
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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You may wish to sign these petitions which call for similar actions:
Make it a criminal offence for MPs to mislead the public: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/561730
Amend the Recall of MPs Act 2015 to allow communities sole power to recall MPs: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/548400
The decision to make a statement is one for individual MPs, not the UK Government or Parliament as a whole.
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