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Welsh Government commits to banning lying in politics (bylines.cymru)

submitted 11 months ago by Navarian@lemm.ee to c/wales@lemm.ee

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The Welsh Government has made history by committing to outlaw political deception. In a move heralded by campaigners as a significant development in the fight to restore faith in democracy, the government confirmed that it will introduce legislation before the next Senedd election in 2026 to ban candidates and members of the Welsh Parliament from deliberately lying to the public.

The move follows the tabling of an amendment by Welsh MS Adam Price to create a criminal offence of political deception. The proposal had previously won the backing of the Welsh Conservatives, Plaid Cymru, and the Welsh Liberal Democrats but was originally opposed by the Welsh Labour government.

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[–] CyberSyndicalist@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

damn I can't believe no-one ever thought to just simply ban lying

[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I think the idea is they will be criminally liable if it is proven that someone lied. Which sounds great to me. Can you imagine locking up the shite we call government in England