Municipalities
must act on election posters
By BRIAN KAJENGO
DA is concerned about election posters
still hanging on the walls and poles.
Today marks 36 days since the 2014 National and Provincial
election. It is common cause that during election periods, political parties
are permitted to display party political posters and advertisements. Most
municipalities in Mpumalanga
However, Honourable Speaker, these same municipal by-laws provide
that when an election is over, that political parties must remove their
election advertising material failing which, the municipality will remove the
material and the party will forfeit their deposit and charged for the cost
incurred in removing the material.
As much as parties expect municipalities to respect our rights to
advertise during campaigns, so too political parties must respect by-laws, and
remove their material after an election. It is concerning that 36 days after
the election thousands of ANC and other parties’ election posters still line
the streets of our province.
Not only many damaged and an eyesore, but it displays the
arrogance and disregard that the ANC and others have for the laws and rules of
our municipalities.
No party is above the law, and we today call on all municipalities
to act in fairness and to implement their advertising by laws without delay,
without fear or favour – and to remove all party posters from poles and
to charge them accordingly for the expense.
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