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NDP got no permission ‘to place billboard on Gov’t property’- Chief Planner
The billboard appeared on the grounds of the Valarie O. Thomas Community Centre—a government facility—in Sea Cows Bay on Tortola, yesterday, December 20, 2018, is soliciting votes from residents for the NDP in the upcoming elections.
A call by VINO to the Elections Supervisor, Ms Juliette Penn on what the law states with regards to using government property for political advisements, was referred to the Town and Country Planning Department.
NDP broke the law
Chief Physical Planner, Gregory W. Adams when contacted said, “No permission has been granted to anyone to erect a political billboard on the grounds of the Valarie O. Thomas Community Centre in Sea Cows Bay.”
He also warned that under the Planning Act, any public billboard going up, “whether it is on public or private property, permission and approval must be granted by my office.”
Mr Adams said he is in process of working with the Government Information Service (GIS) to dispatch a public notice reminding all about the laws and that permission must be granted to display billboards in public space.
A call to the President of the NDP 1, Troy E. Christopher was not immediately returned up to publication time.
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