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With 161 can­di­dates of­fi­cial­ly nom­i­nat­ed for the up­com­ing Gen­er­al Elec­tions on April 28, 2025, the Coun­cil for Re­spon­si­ble Po­lit­i­cal Be­hav­iour is call­ing on all po­lit­i­cal par­ties, can­di­dates, and sup­port­ers to ad­here to the prin­ci­ples out­lined in the Code of Eth­i­cal Po­lit­i­cal Con­duct.

The Coun­cil said in a state­ment that while the Code has ex­ist­ed for over a decade, it has ex­pressed con­cern that many cit­i­zens—and even some politi­cians—re­main un­aware of its con­tents. In re­sponse, a na­tion­wide pub­lic ed­u­ca­tion cam­paign has been launched to raise aware­ness of the Code’s guide­lines and its crit­i­cal role in pro­mot­ing in­tegri­ty in po­lit­i­cal cam­paign­ing.

As part of this ini­tia­tive, the Catholic Church and the Pres­by­ter­ian Church will pub­lish the full text of the Code in their re­spec­tive newslet­ters over the week­end of April 4. In ad­di­tion, the na­tion­al print me­dia is ex­pect­ed to fea­ture the Code dur­ing the week of April 7.