Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Electric coop to tear down signs put on Zambo street poles



Two candidates - who are part of the political party of Celso Lobregat, the mayor of Zamboanga City - for the Zamboanga City Council, put up their signboards on electrical posts in Zamboanga City despite a local ordinance prohibiting the putting of any signs on electric poles. Engineer Cesar Melat, of the Zamboanga City Electric Cooperative on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 says they would tear down the illegal signs. (Mindanao Examiner Photo)
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / January 27, 2010) – The Zamboanga City Electric Cooperative on Wednesday ordered the removal of signs put by politicians on street lights, saying, it violated a local ordinance.

Engineer Cesar Melat said there is an existing city ordinance that prohibits the putting of any signs on street poles. He said they would remove all signs illegally put on street lights.

Two candidates - who are part of the political party of Celso Lobregat, the mayor of Zamboanga City - for the City Council, put up their signboards on electrical posts.

“We will remove these signs. They are illegal because there is a city ordinance that prohibits the putting of any signs on street poles which is also dangerous,” Melat told the Mindanao Examiner newspaper.

Many local politicians who are running for reelections have resorted to different propaganda ahead of the start of the campaign period on March 25 for the general elections in May.

Some politicians even had their jingles whose melody is lifted from different Filipino and foreign songs and aired in radio stations. (Mindanao Examiner)

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