Spotlight On The North
- Push to have foreign polls monitors gathers pace
By Easwaran Rutnam-Saturday, July 13, 2013
Freign monitors are expected to be present for the Northern Provincial Council elections
As the spotlight shifts to the North after President Mahinda Rajapaksa issued a proclamation for the Northern Provincial Council to be formed and elections to be held, there is now a push to have foreign monitors to ensure that the election is free and fair.
Election monitors say there need to be foreign monitors at the crucial election and Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya echoed those views last week.
Executive Director of Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) Keerthi Tennakoon said that representatives from political parties and the Election Commissioner discussed the possibility of foreign election monitors observing the elections even before the Northern Provincial Council election was officially announced.
Election monitors say there need to be foreign monitors at the crucial election and Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya echoed those views last week.
Executive Director of Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) Keerthi Tennakoon said that representatives from political parties and the Election Commissioner discussed the possibility of foreign election monitors observing the elections even before the Northern Provincial Council election was officially announced.
