The Madrid Electoral Board has required the Avaaz Foundation to remove the word ‘vote’ from the canvas displayed in the Chueca neighborhood of Madrid, on which it was possible to read ’23J, vote against hate pacts’.
Avaaz displayed the poster on Monday showing a drawing of the face of the PP leader, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, with half his face torn off, where part of the portrait of the Vox leader, Santiago Abascal, is revealed, but with a skin color red and green eyes. It is implied that behind the image of the PP president is that of the Vox leader.
Given this, Vox filed an appeal to which the Electoral Board has responded with the requirement that Avaaz withdraw the word ‘vote’ or, where appropriate, the entire canvas. In addition, it has demanded that the foundation responsible for the image remove the advertising campaign associated with said canvas from social networks.
In its resolution, the Board understands that “not only is it influencing or influencing the direction of the vote, but in fact it is trying to capture votes in favor of certain political formations,” Vox celebrated in a statement.
The Electoral Board explains, in its letter, that, in accordance with article 50 of the LOREG, no legal person other than candidates, groups, coalitions, or parties may carry out an electoral campaign from the date of the call for elections.
The Avaaz Foundation has lamented on Twitter that the same party that “mucked up” the electoral campaign, in reference to Vox, with the canvas that “thrown away the rights and dignity of millions of Spaniards”, is now trying to “silence” them. .
“The mutilated canvas now becomes a clear symbol of the gigantic tear that Vox can make in our democracy if it accedes to the government of Spain after 23J,” added Avaaz, which has already removed the word ‘vote’ from the poster.
