{"id":298577,"date":"2020-11-25T22:51:15","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T20:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=298577"},"modified":"2020-11-25T22:51:18","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T20:51:18","slug":"ic-removed-following-alleged-election-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=298577","title":{"rendered":"IC removed following alleged election fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Maria David<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>AN Independent Candidate for the Okatana constituency, Joakim Kanisius, had to be removed from the polling station at the Ondjonjo village after it emerged that he was trying to assist an elderly woman vote while his name is on the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Presiding officer, Leni Erastus, said that the candidate was identified by the community members who in turn alerted election officials at the polling station.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-autoplay=\"true\" data-delay=\"5\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"809\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-298579\" data-id=\"298579\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IC-removed-following-alleged-election-fraud-2.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IC-removed-following-alleged-election-fraud-2.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IC-removed-following-alleged-election-fraud-2.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IC-removed-following-alleged-election-fraud-2.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IC-removed-following-alleged-election-fraud-2.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IC-removed-following-alleged-election-fraud-2.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"809\" alt=\"Independent Candidate Okatana constituency Joakim Kanisius polling station Ondjonjo village\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-298578\" data-id=\"298578\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IC-removed-following-alleged-election-fraud-1.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IC-removed-following-alleged-election-fraud-1.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IC-removed-following-alleged-election-fraud-1.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IC-removed-following-alleged-election-fraud-1.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IC-removed-following-alleged-election-fraud-1.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IC-removed-following-alleged-election-fraud-1.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to Erastus, the candidate wanted to represent the pensioner knowing full well that he is contesting, which is against the rules.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The community members identified him after he went inside and we immediately removed him,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><!-- MetaSlider 271797 not found --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":298578,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-298577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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