* Trade union in Sri Lanka complains of using education officers for election campaigning
Wed, Aug 14, 2013, 09:42 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.

Aug 14, Colombo: An education sector trade union in Sri Lanka says that education officers are being used for campaign work in the forthcoming provincial council elections.

The Ceylon Teacher Services Union (CTSU) has complained that officers attached to the Education Cooperative Society in the North Western Province are being assigned to carry out campaign work in the Province.

CTSU General Secretary Mahinda Jayasinghe said that a complaint on the matter has been made to the Elections Commissioner.

He observed that the education officers are being used in the campaign of Minister Johnston Fernando's son, Johan Fernando, who is contesting at the North Western Provincial Council election.

According to Jayasinghe, many education officers in the province have been assigned to carry out election campaign work.

CEYNOR FOUNDATION VEHICLE MEETS WITH AN ACCIDENT WHILE CAMPAIGNING
2013-08-14
Campaign for Free and fair Elections (CaFFE) has been informed that a vehicle (a green coloured cab) that belongs to Ceynor Foundation has met with an accident today (August 12) in Mahawela, Matale while campaigning for UPFA candidate Ujith Anuradha. At the point of accident the vehicle was travelling without a number plate. 

Ironically CaFFE  had informed Ceynor and the Commissioner of Elections earlier stating that a large number of Ceynor vehicles are being used in Matale and that these vehicles are been driven carelessly.  

The vehicle is currently at Mahawela police station. Two persons who had been travelling in the vehicle have been injured and had been admitted to Matale Hospital. CaFFE learnt that the two individuals have left the hospital.  

Anuradha is the managing director of the Ceynor Foundation. Earlier CaFFE observers in Matale had informed that a large number of 
Ceynor vehicles are being misused in Matale and the drivers of these vehicles are driving in a reckless manner.

CaFFE Media Unit