{"id":13230,"date":"2018-03-07T15:52:14","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T19:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=13230"},"modified":"2018-03-07T15:52:14","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T19:52:14","slug":"lovell-schools-should-be-declared-campaign-free-zones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/lovell-schools-should-be-declared-campaign-free-zones\/","title":{"rendered":"Lovell: Schools Should be Declared Campaign-Free Zones"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Political Leader Harold Lovell has expressed his dismay and anger over a video recorded on the grounds of a certain secondary school, and is calling on the Ministry of Education to issue a statement declaring all school plants campaign-free zones.\u00a0\u00a0He is also calling on all political party leaders to publicly condemn what transpired.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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The activity captured in the video reflects the worst of our society.\u00a0\u00a0In the obscenity-laced recording, ABLP operatives are clearly seen throwing campaign tee-shirts over the fence onto the school compound, while students congregate in the vicinity and rush to grab the shirts. Some students are shown wearing the tee-shirts over their uniforms, while others can be heard condemning the behaviour.<\/span><\/p>\n

While the time around general elections is traditionally referred to as the \u201csilly season\u201d, the United Progressive Party is of the firm opinion that we should be able to agree that certain things are simply not acceptable \u2013 no matter what season.\u00a0\u00a0Any notion of involving students on school premises in political wranglings should be roundly rejected by all political parties.\u00a0\u00a0Any party which is willing to manipulate impressionable students for political gain or to condone such manipulation simply is not fit to govern.<\/span><\/p>

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Political Leader Harold Lovell has expressed his dismay and anger over a video recorded on the grounds of a certain secondary school, and is calling on the Ministry of Education to issue a statement declaring all school plants campaign-free zones.\u00a0\u00a0He is also calling on all political party leaders to publicly condemn what transpired.\u00a0 The activity […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13061,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\nLovell: Schools Should be Declared Campaign-Free Zones - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/lovell-schools-should-be-declared-campaign-free-zones\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lovell: Schools Should be Declared Campaign-Free Zones\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Political Leader Harold Lovell has expressed his dismay and anger over a video recorded on the grounds of a certain secondary school, and is calling on the Ministry of Education to issue a statement declaring all school plants campaign-free zones.\u00a0\u00a0He is also calling on all political party leaders to publicly condemn what transpired.\u00a0 The activity […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/lovell-schools-should-be-declared-campaign-free-zones\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Antigua News Room\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-03-07T19:52:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/HaroldLovell.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1366\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/lovell-schools-should-be-declared-campaign-free-zones\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/lovell-schools-should-be-declared-campaign-free-zones\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\"},\"headline\":\"Lovell: Schools Should be Declared Campaign-Free Zones\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-03-07T19:52:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-03-07T19:52:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/lovell-schools-should-be-declared-campaign-free-zones\/\"},\"wordCount\":207,\"commentCount\":24,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/lovell-schools-should-be-declared-campaign-free-zones\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1366\/h:768\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/HaroldLovell.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/lovell-schools-should-be-declared-campaign-free-zones\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/lovell-schools-should-be-declared-campaign-free-zones\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/lovell-schools-should-be-declared-campaign-free-zones\/\",\"name\":\"Lovell: Schools Should be Declared Campaign-Free Zones - 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