I have received a letter from John Condon County Secretary of Mayo County Council to say that because I was five days late in submitting my Disclosure of Donations and Expenditures that I have been disqualified from Westport Town Council.
Because I was successfully elected to Westport Town Council I was granted a 7 day grace period by Westport Town Council, however the Act makes no such provision for unsuccessful candidates and thus I am supposedly disqualified from sitting on Westport Town Council by the lack of a grace period from Mayo County Council.
I submitted my completed Disclosure of Donations and Expenditures forms to both local authorities yesterday before 5pm.
It seems very unfair that there is one law for successful candidates and one for unsuccessful candidates and that the rules are such that Mayo County Council can bar me from holding my democratically elected office on Westport Town Council.
I am taking advice and have submitted a medical certificate to explain why I was late with my disclosure.
I await a reply.
1 comment:
The old red tape again! It just shows contempt for the votes of people in Westport town that un-elected bureaucrats will interpret rules to subvert democracy! Just shows you what the County Secretary thinks of Westport TC & the officials there!
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