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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…
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Total News Sources13
Leaning Left5Leaning Right0Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution63% Left
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- 63% of the sources lean Left
63% Left
L 63%
C 37%
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