NAP members excited about pending election victory

The Network Against Prohibition have today declared victory in their campaign for seats on the Darwin City Council. NAP has used the election campaign to accelerate the campaign against the “drug house laws” and against the inherently racist “War on Drug Users” in the Northern Territory.

NAP members continue to receive support from across the Darwin community, with a much higher than expected number of voters indicating that they will vote for the NAP team tomorrow.

Stuart Highway, the NAP candidate for Lord Mayor said “We have put the issue of drug prohibition firmly back on many dinner tables around Darwin. Thanks to the NAP campaign, more and more people are aware that the Liberal/Labor policy of drug prohibition is destroying our community”.

Highway said “Unlike the other candidates, NAP will continue to campaign past the election, and we will continue our campaign until the NT “Drug House” legislation is repealed. Then we will dismantle drug prohibition”.

NAP are quietly confident after the announcement that the NT Greens will preference bigots before Stuart Highway on the Lord Mayoral ballot paper.

NAP’s campaign facilitator Mick Lambe said “Things went as expected and that includes the NT Greens”.

Lambe thanked the other candidates for having a go.

Gary Meyerhoff, the NAP candidate for Lyons ward said “I am excited”.

For more information contact 0415 16 2525 or see http://www.napnt.org/pages/vote1stuart.html

Footnote: The drug house laws allow police to enter and search the sign-posted premises at any time without a warrant, conduct cavity searches on people on the premises, stop and question anyone within 200 metres of the sign and place restraining orders on people who visit the premises. Tenants can also be evicted before a house is even declared a “drug house”. As part of their ongoing campaign against the “drug house” laws, NAP has nominated 3 candidates in the Darwin City Council Election to be held on May 29. Stuart Highway is running for Lord Mayor, Robert Inder-Smith for Chan Ward and Gary Meyerhoff for the Lyons Ward.