Ka taƙaita labarin:  Andy Erlam ya sanar da cewa zai tsaya takara a matsayin Magajin Garin Tower Hamlets na gaba - yana gaya wa masu jefa kuri'a cewa dama ce ta 'canja komai zuwa mafi kyau' Kakakin wanda ya sami nasarar Kotun Koli don korar magajin garin Tower Hamlets a jiya ya sanar da cewa zai tsaya a matsayin 'Martin Bell'-style anti-cin hanci da rashawa dan takara mai zaman kansa a wurinsa. Andy Erlam ya yi alkawarin kawo karshen shekarun 'Rotten Borough' siyasa. A makon da ya gabata Mista Erlam ya jagoranci wasu talakawa hudu wadanda suka yi watsi da barazana, da rashin kudi da kuma rashin kulawa da jami'ai don ganin an cire Lutfur Rahman daga mukaminsa ta hanyar kotun zabe. Rahman - wanda 'yan sanda suka ji tsoron cewa za a yi masa lakabi da' wariyar launin fata 'ba su iya tuhumar shi ba - an same shi da laifin magudi a zabensa na magajin gari a watan Mayu na 2014 ta hanyar kamfen na yau da kullun don satar kuri'u. A jiya Mista Erlam, mai shekaru 64, wani mai shirya fina-finai da ya yi ritaya, ya ce: "Tun daga makon da ya gabata, mutane da yawa sun nemi in tsaya. 'Na yi tunani sosai kuma na yanke shawarar yin hakan. 'Shekaru da yawa, mutanen da ke zaune a nan sun sha wahala a karkashin shugabancin cin hanci da rashawa. 'Idan ba wanda ya tsaya a kai, akwai hadari cewa Rahman ta cronyism da cin hanci da rashawa za kawai ci gaba a cikin wani nau'i.' An dakatar da Rahman daga mukaminsa na tsawon shekaru biyar amma yana da magoya baya da yawa wadanda ba a hana su tsayawa ba. Ta hanyar gabatar da sunansa don zaben a ranar 11 ga Yuni, Mista Erlam yana bin sawun Martin Bell, tsohon dan jaridar yaki wanda ya tsaya a matsayin dan takarar 'anti sleaze' kuma ya doke dan majalisar Neil Hamilton a Tatton a shekarar 1997. Rahman, wanda aka yiwa lakabi da'maƙaryaci' kuma mai yaudara wanda 'ya buga katin tsere a kowane lokaci' ta hanyar alkalin zabe Richard Mawrey QC, ya karkatar da miliyoyin fam daga kungiyoyi kamar Alzheimer's Society zuwa kungiyoyin musulmi, wasu tare da masu tsattsauran ra'ayi. Lutfur Rahman, a hoton, an cire shi daga ofishin magajin gari bayan kotun zabe ta same shi da laifin magudi a zabensa. An yi masa lakabi da 'ƙarya mai cuta' da kuma yaudara mai farin ciki don 'wasa da katin tseren' a kowane lokaci. Andy Erlam (a tsakiya) yana daya daga cikin masu gabatar da kara hudu ciki har da Angela Moffat (hagu) da Azmal Hussein (dama)...
Mai shirya fina-finai mai ritaya Andy Erlam zai tsaya don kawo karshen 'cin hanci da rashawa' Dan shekaru 64 yana daya daga cikin masu shigar da kara hudu da suka zargi tsohon magajin garin da zamba. An kori Lutfur Rahman daga mukaminsa bayan da alkali ya yi masa lakabi da maƙaryaci da yaudara.