- cross-posted to:
- news@beehaw.org
- cross-posted to:
- news@beehaw.org
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”.
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