Summary:
Officials said party symbols in public places were magnets for trouble. He had issued notices to all political parties to remove their symbols from public places. Minor political standoffs over the destruction of party symbols were still being reported daily in the capital. more-inThe police on Friday removed symbols of political parties put up at several vantage points in public places in the capital. They used electric powered saws to remove scores of flag poles from their concrete pedestals in crowded urban neighbourhoods that had witnessed bouts of political violence for three consecutive days last month..