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Minister Lake would like all political parties to abide by the rules.

PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of Public Housing, Environment, Spatial Planning and Infrastructure (Ministry VROMI) Hon. Maurice Lake says all political parties need to abide by the rules where it concerns the placement of campaign material along or near the public roads.

Minister Lake was making reference to billboards adding that NV GEBE has cable buried in certain areas and if care is not taken these cables could be damaged, especially the cables that lead to street light poles.

"This is just what happened on Wednesday night with the Member of Parliament Hon. Roy Marlin. Based on a statement in social media, I would like to set the record straight and present the facts.
"This ad hoc placement of information on the blogs does not do any justice for the community. Based on the digging of the holes in that took place a certain area by a political party, the street lights cables got damaged and the street lights went out in the same area.
"This has nothing to do with politics, but I know we are in the campaign season and everything will be turned into political rhetoric. As Minister of VROMI I have to look out for the safety aspect of the residents in the area and I don't play politics with this.
"I had to get GEBE on Thursday evening to fix the street lights for the safety of the residents and motorist. As political parties we got to be more responsible and look out for the well-being of the people.

"We need to show political maturity instead of laying petty politics and focus on the real issues which is creating jobs and housing for our people. We need to empower our people to become and continue to be leaders within the social, economic and environmental sectors in the region and the world.

"I really don't understand why the MP has this fear of Maurice Lake. I know some political parties are very desperate and are not ready for this election. If they don't want to fire me it's to make me look bad, destroy my character or slander me in the public eye, and it has all been backfiring on them.

"I will continue to stay focus on the work I have to do on behalf of the people, and create opportunities and get the job done on behalf of the people. Let's focus on the people issues, abide by the rules and stop creating friction when there is none," Minister Hon. Maurice Lake said on Friday.

Minister stated that he has also spoken with the Minister of Justice regarding rules and regulations related to campaign material (billboards).

Lake added that NV GEBE is assessing the damage done and will submit a bill with respect to this to be paid by those who caused the damage.

MP Roy Marlin Responds to Minister Lake's accusations.

workingstreetlights11072014Dear All,

Just to show how Minister Lake is a pathological liar I hereby include some pictures taken on the night of Wednesday and Thursday with all the street lights working. If the press release pertaining to this topic was sent to you by Minister Lake please include the response from the DP including the pictures taken. One after the Democratic Party finished placing the wood in the ground, which picture was taken on Wednesday night and the other picture taken on Thursday after the UP party placed their posters. So the question is how come GEBE had to repair a damaged cable on Thursday when the lights were working on Wednesday night late. At what time did Minister Lake notice the lights were not working. At what time was VROMI requested to have GEBE fix the lights? Did Minister Lake willfully sabotage the lights? Can Minister Lake provide pictures of the damaged cable? If Minister Lake is so sure that the cables were damaged by the DP why didn't he call my person to verify the damage on the spot? I conclude that Minister Lake is a pathological liar. He has proven this in the past during the handling of the Emilio Wilson Estate issue in parliament.

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