cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/445597

A ban on politicians lying will be brought in before the 2026 Senedd [the Welsh parliament] elections, the Welsh government has promised.

Counsel General Mick Antoniw […] promised that the law would disqualify Senedd politicians and candidates found guilty of deliberate deception from being a Member of the Senedd (MS). […] It is not yet clear whether the proposed law would make lying a criminal offence or a civil sanction. […] Mr. Antoniw said it was a “matter that goes to the heart of everyone”.

  • NateNate60@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Authoritarian laws go both ways. The next right-wing government would use it to imprison their political rivals on trumped-up charges.

    If such a law had existed in the US, for example, Trump would have used it to throw everyone who denied that the 2020 election was rigged in jail