TISL’s Programme for Protection of Public Resources (PPPR) has released the fourth report highlighting abuses of state assets in the current Presidential Election campaign.
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The Presidential Election 2010 recorded unprecedented levels of abuse of public resources commencing from the Nomination Day (December 17 2009). The Program for Protection of Public Resources (PPPP) of Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) has received over 400 complaints (excluding complaints of election violence) as of 23rd January 2010, and upon investigation, have confirmed the following grave abuses:
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Registered voters can exercise their franchise even without their poll cards if they have their names on the electoral lists. Meanwhile the Elections Chief has said that he would annul the results of polling stations where violence and malpractices were reported.
TISL’s Programme for Protection of Public Resources (PPPR) has released the fourth report highlighting abuses of state assets in the current Presidential Election campaign.
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The police have warned that they will be compelled to shoot on sight if any group or individual ignores the law and attempts to incite violence during the Presidential elections.
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All media institutions were advised by the Elections Commissioner not to report on propaganda meetings or publish any other material relating to the election after midnight on 23rd January in accordance with the election laws.
The 48 hour period will provide an atmosphere for the voters to consider policies and promises made by the candidates, the Elections Chief further said.
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Senior Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police Nimal Lewke, who is in charge of operations in the North, has been recalled to the police headquarters in Colombo.
The Australian government yesterday expressed its hope that the forthcoming election will be free and fair in Sri Lanka, news.com.au reported. Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Sri Lanka would have “a very difficult peace and security environment for the foreseeable future”. The Australian Government hoped its current election process would be free and fair, he said.
ජනවාරි 26 ට යෙදී ඇති ජනාධිපතිවරණය සාමකාමී, නිදහස් සහ සාධාරණ අයුරින් පැවැත්වීමට අවශ්ය සෑම පියවරක්ම ගන්නා ලෙස සියළු පාර්ශ්වයන්ගෙන් ඉල්ලා සිටින බව අද (24 දා) කොළඹ පැවැති මාධ්ය හමුවකට සහභාගී වෙමින් දේශීය මැතිවරණ නිරීක්ෂණ සංවිධාන සහ මාධ්ය සංවිධාන එකමුතුව ප්රකාශ කෙළේය.
A SERIOUS MATTER OF CONCERN
This special report of the Programme for Protection of Public Resources (PPPR) of Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) relates to the cost of election propaganda to give an accurate picture of the costs incurred by political parties and the State for the conduct of the Presidential Election 2010. PPPR hopes to finalize the computation of the total cost of the conduct of the Election by end February. This report has been prepared to give an indication of the nature of the costs incurred so that voters and policy makers can form an opinion on the economic costs of the election in which they elect the head of the State.
2010 ජනාධිපතිවරණයේ ප්රචාරක කටයුතු සඳහා දේශපාලන පක්ෂ සහ රජය විසින් වැය කරනු ලබන මුදල් පිළිබ`දව නිවැරදි තත්ත්වය දැක්වීම ස`දහා ට්රාන්ස්පේරන්සි ඉන්ටනැෂනල් ශ්රී ලංකා ආයතනයේ පොදු දේපල රැකගැනීමේ වැඩසටහන විසින් මෙම විශේෂ වාර්තාව පිළියෙල කර ඇත. ජනාධිපතිවරණය සඳහා වැයවන මුලූ මුදල සම්බන්ධයෙන් සම්පූර්ණ වාර්තාවක් 2010 පෙබරවාරි අගදී නිකුත්කිරීමට බලාපොරොත්තුවේ. රජ්ය නායකයකු තෝරාගැනීමේදී ආර්ථීක මට්ටමින් රටට දැරීමට සිදුවන වියදම් පිළිබඳව ඡන්දදායකයින් සහ ප්රතිපත්ති සකස්කරන්නවුන් දැනුවත් කිරීම මෙම වාර්තාවේ අරමුණයි.
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