The Leader of Devon County Council, Councillor Julian Brazil, has reacted with disappointment today (Friday 23 January) following Exeter City Council’s go-ahead by government to cancel their May elections.
He said:
“I’m disappointed. To argue in favour of cancelling people’s democratic right on the grounds of not having enough resource to run an election is nonsense.
“We and one of the District Councils offered the City Council a commitment to provide resources and capacity to support the elections to go ahead, so that excuse holds no water.
“Government has chosen to ignore that offer of help and I leave people to come to their own conclusions about why they insist on cancelling these elections.
“The losers in all of this of course will be the residents of Exeter in those wards where elections should have been held this May. Their voices silenced for nothing but convenience.”
