Welsh politicians caught lying could lose seats in Senedd
- The Senedd committee recommends against creating a criminal offense for political deception, stating that existing measures should be strengthened instead.
- The committee proposes amending existing laws to penalize candidates and campaign managers for deliberately false statements, not creating a new criminal offense for serving politicians.
- A public petition for a criminal law on political deception has gathered over 202,000 signatures, reflecting growing public concern about political trust.
- Concerns were expressed about potential politicization of courts if new criminal offenses were introduced, according to Jonathan Rees KC from the Criminal Bar Association.
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Should lying in politics be a criminal offence?
"Lies have always been regarded as justifiable tools in political dealings," wrote the philosopher Hannah Arendt. That's not true in Wales, though, where the Senedd is considering a law to bar politicians from office if they lie.If passed, the world-first law would mean anyone "found guilty of deliberate lying" would be disqualified from being a member of, or standing for, the Senedd. But the law "would not apply to matters of belief, opinion, o…
Senedd committee warns against making lying in politics a criminal off – khbrknews
A Senedd committee has warned against making lying in politics a criminal offence. It comes after the Welsh government committed to introduce legislation which would ban members of the Welsh parliament from deliberately deceiving. But the Senedd‘s standards committee, which the government asked to look into the matter, has concluded that lying on purpose should not be criminalised. Former Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price put forward his party’s mot…
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