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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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Morning Star broke the news in on Wednesday, February 19, 2025.
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