Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides is rallying UCP volunteers to fight against the bid to recall him, prompting the petition leader to warn Elections Alberta that the MLA’s counter-campaign might be overstepping the rules.

Jennifer Yeremiy, a Calgary scientist and parent, is leading efforts to recall her MLA Nicolaides by gathering at least 16,006 signatures of fellow residents of his Calgary-Bow constituency by a Jan. 21 deadline.

That’s the number of people who must sign a petition under the Recall Act to force a referendum-style “recall vote” on whether to keep or oust him as the riding’s MLA.

Nicolaides has cried foul, arguing that activists who oppose the UCP are using the recall process to protest government policy and topple MLAs like him, rather than targeting specific MLAs

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