Michael Chong becomes poster boy for sanitary washrooms in Guatemala

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.

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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: