Michael Chong becomes poster boy for sanitary washrooms in Guatemala

Leadership candidate responds joking that poster is 'international outreach' for his campaign

Image | Michael Chong

Caption: Bailey Greenspon posted this photo to twitter while she was in Guatemala. She said: Having a small stroke. @MichaelChongMP your stock photo is reassuring public washroom users in Guatemala. (Twitter/@baileygreenspon)

If cleanliness is next to godliness, Michael Chong is all-powerful — at least in Guatemala.
The Conservative MP and leadership contender has become the poster boy for spotless public washrooms in the Central American country.
His larger-than-life, smiling visage has been spotted gracing a large poster outside a Guatemalan washroom.
The poster announces a "special service" for men: sanitary and hygienic bathroom facilities.
The poster was spied by a visiting Canadian, Bailey Greenspon, who tweeted a photo that's provoking hilarity on Parliament Hill.
Chisholm Pothier, communications director for Chong's leadership campaign, says in a tweet that even Guatemalans think Chong is special; "you can too Canada."
Chong responded by retweeting the image with a caption of his own:

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