Aug 20, 2021 06:00:00

More than 120,000 people agree with the petition that lying in Congress should be a crime

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House of Commons in the petition that was addressed to 'should be a crime to lie in the House of Commons', has gathered signatures of approval of more than 120,000 Brushes.

Make lying in the House of Commons a criminal offence --Petitions
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/576886

Petition to make lying in Parliament a criminal offence approaches 100k signatures

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/petition-to-make-lying-in-parliament-a-criminal-offence-approaches-100k-signatures-286236/

Ronald Tocknell, who filed the petition, claimed that 'it is forbidden in Congress to accuse him of lying, and his options for disagreeing with Congress are very limited.' 'The truth in the House of Commons is as important as the truth in court, and those who break it should be treated like perjury and subject to similar penalties.'

The petition has received a lot of support from the British people, and the petition form set up by the British government has more than 120,000 signatures. The deadline for signing is October 14, 2021, and prominent political commentator Peter Stefanovich and others are calling for signatures on Twitter.

The Petition to Make lying in the House of Commons a criminal offence is now on 91,890 signatures

Petitions which reach 100,000 signatures are almost always debated

Please sign it. Let's get this over the line today! Https://t.co/w8zDeyR6Py pic.twitter.com/N1V2cWtT65

— Peter Stefanovic (@ PeterStefanovi2) August 17, 2021

However, the government has already explicitly answered 'no' to this petition. “Political members must always adhere to the Code of Conduct in public life with integrity, and an independent Parliamentary Standards Committee is responsible for investigating allegations of violations of the Code of Conduct,” said the General Manager of the House of Commons. However, the parliament has determined that the actions of parliamentarians are the responsibility of the parliamentarians themselves, which is beyond the authority of the Parliamentary Standards Committee. '' The government does not intend to introduce this kind of law. ' I am.

'It is an important principle of the British Parliament that parliamentarians are accountable to the people. Freedom of speech in parliament is one of the essentials of our democracy, and members of the House of Commons. Is the right to allow fair debate. '