IPOH: Perak Barisan Nasional has asked the Election Commission to monitor the giant posters and billboards as they could pose a danger to the people in the city.
Its secretary Aminuddin Hanafiah, who is also the BN candidate for Tambun, said some election campaign materials were installed using wood and iron to strengthen the structures, which could cause danger to the public.
“We request the EC to monitor each structure because there is a possibility that wood or other materials will fall on the road as it is the rainy season now. We are just worried that they might fall and cause accidents,” he said here today.
Several giant posters and billboards have been installed around the city, especially in Meru Raya, Manjoi and Pekan Tambun since the GE15 nomination on Nov 5.
Aminuddin, the Tambun Umno division chief, said his party does not see the installation of the giant advertisement as a necessity but instead will use its own methods to approach voters in Tambun.
Meanwhile, state EC director Nazri Ismail said the size of the ad was not an issue as long as there is a publisher’s name and it is not installed in a location that endangers others, and the content is not provocative or defamatory to individuals.
“Every day the election campaign enforcement team conducts monitoring … those who are found committing offences will be given a notice and will be required to remove the posters,” he said.
The Tambun parliamentary seat will see a four-cornered fight involving its former MP Ahmad Faizal Azumu from Perikatan Nasional, Aminuddin, Pakatan Harapan chairman Anwar Ibrahim and Abdul Rahim Tahir from Pejuang. - FMT
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