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BY MATTHEW VARI

How would you feel if someone did that to you? Was the question put back to media personnel who asked Gamato, why blogger Martyn Namarong was restrained by the National Court on publishing defamatory remarks, last week.

Mr Gamato took out the application following allegations that Mr Namarong refered to the electoral commissioner’s surname as ‘Tomato’ and proceeded with a published image of election boss with a image of the fruit in place of his head.      

This is not the first time individuals have resorted to calling the commissioner as such, with statements from other individuals during the 2017 election period.

Gamato pointed out that he is a human being and should not be portrayed as such, with the portrayal of the commissioner’s image also a factor in the action and its offensive nature not only to him but his family as well.