Conditions in place for free and fair poll
875: members to be elected to 65: LG bodies
The Elections Department yesterday said that all
arrangements are in place to ensure a free and fair Local Government
election today to elect 875 members to 65 local government bodies,
including one Municipal Council and nine Urban Councils. Voters will
cast their vote at 2226 polling stations in areas where the Local
Government election was put off.
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PAFFREL deploys 1,000 monitors for polls
The People’s Action for Free and Fair Election (PAFFREL)
yesterday said that 1,000 monitors will be deployed to monitor
today’s Local Government election. PAFFREL executive director Rohana
Hettiarachchi said stationary and mobile monitors will be deployed
by PAFFREL to cover 80 percent of polling stations in 19 districts,
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Launch of book on The Historical and Political Evolution of the SLFP
The book titled The Historical and Political Evolution of the Sri
Lanka Freedom Party co-authored by Dr Jayatissa de Costa and Dr Telli C
Rajaratnam will be launched at the 60th Anniversary of the SLFP on
September 2.
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