Peace for the World

Peace for the World
First democratic leader of Justice the Godfather of the Sri Lankan Tamil Struggle: Honourable Samuel James Veluppillai Chelvanayakam

Sunday, August 11, 2013

Inter governing party clashes in Kandy

caffe logo 1Election monitoring body, Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CAFFE) has reported that a clash had taken place between the supporters of two UPFA candidates in Kandy.
CAFFE has stated that the clash also involved UPFA candidates Sunil Amaratunga and Linton Wijeysinghe.
The election monitoring group has reported that this is the first intra-party clash to be reported from the Kandy District in the run up to the Central provincial council elections in September.
One of Linton Wijeysinghe’s supporters has sustained injuries in the clash and has been admitted to hospital.
According to CaFFE, a police complaint over the incident has also been lodged.
 Monday, 12 Aug 2013
The Commissioner of Elections has decided to press charges against errant election candidates who violate election laws, even after the elections are over and the results are out, exercising powers vested in him under a hitherto dormant provision of the Provincial Council (PC) Elections Act of 1988.