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Green Vandal referred to Police

by Whaleoil on November 19, 2011

Jolyon White, the partner of Russel Norman’s executive assistant has been referred to the police by the Electoral Commission.

On 18 November 2011, the Electoral Commission referred Jolyon White to the Police for sticker advertisements attached to National Party billboards.

It is the Electoral Commission’s view that the publication of each of these advertisements constitutes a breach of sections 204F of the Electoral Act 1993 because they are election advertisements that do not contain a valid promoter statement.

As these matters are now with the Police, the Electoral Commission will not be commenting further.

Failing to include a promoter statement is an offence and subject to a fine of up to $40,000. There may well be more people charged or indeed found to have done the same.

What started as some jollies for Jolyon White has now got very serious. There will some more Green party members that will very nervous right now.

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  • Anonymous

    So John Key will be accused of more Muldoon like vindictiveness for daring to refer the matter to the Electoral Commission.

  • Honcho

    This sort of behaviour should not be tolerated in New Zealand, the greens of all people should be practicing what they preach and respecting the opinion and views of others, seeing as they at least publicly promote their egalitarian beliefs.

    I hope she is punished to the full extent of the law simply for the arrogance that these people have shown. When caught out a real kiwi apologises and makes sure wrongs are writed (at least as a half hearted token gesture which they need not enjoy), they dont show arrogance and they sure as hell dont argue.

    Sneaking around after dark and deliberately f*&^ing with other peoples stuff isnt very kiwi.

  • Mully

    I’d like to see him charged with criminal damage too. Just for shits and giggles.

  • http://www.nsanz.org.nz/ Spiker

    The bus ticket is being wetted down as we speak..

  • Gazzaw

    I wonder if his employers have taken any action? I very much doubt it. One of the reasons I stopped supporting ‘organised’ Christianity in this country is the very apparent socialist takeover of the clergy.

    “Will no one rid me of the turbulent priest?” – Henry II referring to Thomas Becket.

  • max_power

    Yes I’m sure Meteria’s already circulated to relevant people the correct approach if the police happen to get in touch with involved members.

    Seriously suspicious isn’t it this lack of reporting of the further incidents by the media. Clearly they are not incompetent, the only possible conclusion is they are corrupt, the whole lot of them.

    They have lost sight of their duty to be objective in favour of their passion for “the cause.” Well fuck that, professionals do not let personal opinion interfere with their jobs and neither should they.

    It’s fucking disgraceful that this occurs at the highest level, at the editorial board level, across print, radio and TV and across multiple news media companies. This is but one instance of now decades-old neglect by all of these players. Why the fuck do they keep doing it? Don’t they understand they would actually lift circulation if they dropped their bias and went after everything without spin and with neither fear nor favour? Don’t they understand the public do recognise and understand the difference and they would respond. I’m amazed most news companies don’t try that approach, ever. Newstalk does, that’s about the only one.

  • Notrotsky

    Can we put in jail for a couple of days so a couple of large fullas can inspect his colon ?

  • Mort

    Peterwn: the law is quite plain and was around well before these shenanigans, so to accuse the keyster of Muldoonist vindictiveness is pushing the barrow out a bit far.
    Jolliesoff deliberately put out political statements that didn’t include promoter statements. His actions are in direct contravention of the law, and every incident of the breaches that have been reported to the EC have resulted in a police complaint, as far as I know. Why should Jolliesoff be any different?
    What needs to be asked next though, is the organisation Jolliesoff was involved in a registered promoter, and where is the declaration of the cost of the exercise being declared, whose budget is it being rolled into?
    What makes the Greens actions any different to those of the Exclusive Brethren in 2005?

    • Jester

      Mort, what Peter neglects to tell you is that the Green Party actually reported the act to the commission.

      If I wanted to be a mischief maker I would suggest that what they achieved by doing so was quite a master stroke. The E Commission would be obliged to report to the police and therefore the whole issue becomes untouchable by the media whilst under police investigation.

      After the election the Police give Jolyon and accomplices a smack on the hand with a wet bus ticket and the Greens put it down to collateral damage without being overly tarnished by it prior to the election.

      What I think they didn’t count on was Whale and his tip line. :)

  • Jimmy

    I bet he’s sweating, as smerk and nod says, the police have spare time on their hands.  No doubt this will be a top priority.