Santa Eulària housing banner ordered down in election row

A banner promoting a housing project in Santa Eulària, Ibiza, must come down: an election board says it breaks rules on political neutrality. The Eivissa and Formentera district election board issued the order on 10 November after a complaint from the local Socialist group. It also ordered Santa Eulària council to remove a press notice from its website.

According to the Socialist Party (PSOE), the board found that both the banner and the notice breach Spain’s general electoral law, which requires public bodies to remain neutral during an election. The board warned the council to keep its communications neutral and said a fine of 300 euros, the minimum amount provided for, would be appropriate.

The Socialists accuse mayor Carmen Ferrer of using council channels and a banner on a municipal building to promote her administration. Ferrer is also standing for the Senate for the conservative People’s Party (PP). The Socialists want her to comply with the order immediately and stop council channels being used to promote her administration during the election period.

Topics: Politics

Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com