
Less than two weeks remain for the Provincial Council elections to select Councillors to the Northern, Central and North-Western Provincial Councils to take place. Incidents of election law violations have been increasing by the day, with the latest and one of the most serious being the alleged kidnaping and assault of a campaign financier of a UPFA candidate. Ceylon Today spoke to Commissioner of Elections, Mahinda Deshapriya, regarding the complaints of election law violations and the measures taken by his Department to ensure a free and fair election, come 21 September.