Following the revelation that many viewers of the semi-final episode received texts last night claiming their submissions were invalid despite the voting period still being open, Mediaworks has today claimed it was a glitch resulting from a surge of votes which clogged the system.
However, in an exclusive interview given to us by an insider working on the technical aspects of the popular show, the reality was not a glitch at all but really an attempt to see the high-profile polititian eliminated before the end game.
“It was revenge,” the tech, speaking on condition of anonymity, reveals.
“Seymour’s intent to take people’s public holidays really irked some people in influential places who nevertheless aren’t in politics, so this was their way of dealing with the threat.”
Seymour revealed during question time last Wednesday that he thought public holidays should be scrapped as people should be able to “make their own holiday arrangements” without the Government telling them what to do.
We contacted Seymour to ask him what he thought of these new claims.
His comments are unable to be published verbatim as they are not becoming of a public official, but we can confirm that Seymour is deeply disturbed by these allegations and has sworn to have them investigated further, and if found to be true have the culprits held to account.
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