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As cam­paign­ing heats up with just two weeks to go be­fore the April 28 gen­er­al elec­tion, sev­er­al posters and ban­ners be­long­ing to PNM and UNC can­di­dates in the Moru­ga/Table­land con­stituen­cy have been van­dalised.

UNC can­di­date Michelle Ben­jamin, who is seek­ing to re­tain the seat, and PNM can­di­date Lisa At­wa­ter have both de­scribed the acts of van­dal­ism as de­lib­er­ate.

In a Face­book post, Ben­jamin ex­pressed deep dis­ap­point­ment, stat­ing: “This is not the kind of pol­i­tics our coun­try needs. This is not the kind of cam­paign our peo­ple de­serve. The res­i­dents of Moru­ga/Table­land are not in­ter­est­ed in pet­ty sab­o­tage or child­ish an­tics — they want to hear re­al so­lu­tions. They want to know how those seek­ing of­fice plan to im­prove their lives, liveli­hoods, and fu­tures. Acts of van­dal­ism do noth­ing but in­sult the in­tel­li­gence of the elec­torate. They are a dis­ser­vice to the de­mo­c­ra­t­ic process and to the thou­sands of cit­i­zens who de­serve re­spect­ful, rep­re­sen­ta­tive lead­er­ship. I call on all can­di­dates and cam­paign teams to con­duct them­selves with dig­ni­ty and to fo­cus on what tru­ly mat­ters: ser­vice to the peo­ple.