SINGAPORE — Political parties should not be involved in campaigning using their party names and symbols in support of a candidate for President, the Elections Department Singapore (ELD) said in a statement to the media on Wednesday (Aug 30).
SINGAPORE — Political parties should not be involved in campaigning using their party names and symbols in support of a candidate for President, the Elections Department said in a statement to the media on Wednesday .a poster in the form of a sticker featuring pictures of presidential candidate Tan Kin Lian
Dr Tan is the chairman of the Progress Singapore Party, while Mr Tan Jee Say is a member of the Singapore Democratic Party. Mr Tan Kin Lian had said on Wednesday morning that both men wereMr Tan Kin Lian’s principal election agent told ELD that the poster was not authorised by him, said the department. A spokesperson from Mr Tan Kin Lian’s team said on Tuesday that the sticker was neither created by them nor is it part of the campaign’s official materials.
“Under the Presidential Elections Act 1991, any person who conducts activities to promote or procure the electoral success of a candidate, such as putting up physical election advertising in the form of a banner, flag or poster which covers stickers, must be individually authorised in writing by the candidate or his election agent,” ELD said.
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