Zeki Esen and Kiril Jonovski may stand for council again

By Shannon Tonkin
Updated November 6 2012 - 2:16am, first published July 20 2011 - 11:10am
Zeki Esen at this week's information session for prospective councillors. Picture: GREG TOTMAN
Zeki Esen at this week's information session for prospective councillors. Picture: GREG TOTMAN
Kiril Jonovski
Kiril Jonovski

Ex-councillors Zeki Esen and Kiril Jonovski yesterday did not rule out making another tilt for a position on Wollongong's next council in September after being spotted at Tuesday night's election information session.Neither would say if they intended to stand at the September 3 election, but said they found the NSW Electoral Commission-run session "informative".The former councillors were each cleared of two charges relating to the Independent Commission Against Corruption's 2007-08 investigation into corruption affecting Wollongong City Council.A Sydney magistrate found them not guilty in July last year of giving false or misleading evidence at the ICAC's public inquiry and of furnishing false or misleading information.Yesterday, Mr Esen said he went to the session not as a candidate, but wanted to see what had changed compared with when he last stood for election.Asked if he would stand again he replied: "Maybe", saying he had never lost his passion to serve the community.Mr Jonovski was more reserved with his answer."Well, time will tell," he replied, but would not be drawn further.He said he found the session informative, saying there was nothing wrong with being knowledgeable about how things were being done in the council."I'm interested in general," he said.More than 60 people attended the evening session, including lord mayoral candidates and former councillors Alice Cartan, David Brown and Andrew Anthony, and lord mayor hopefuls Rod Oxley and Jill Merrin.The NSW Electoral Commission's Richard Carroll said the session was well received."There were quite a lot of people there; it's what we'd call a well-attended candidate seminar," he said.The session included information on the election timetable, how voting worked, public scrutiny of candidates and what new councillors could expect, as well as a review of funding legislation changes.Councillor nominations open on Monday and close on August 3.

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