Ruling party has over 750 illegal offices in Uva for polls campaign
Tuesday, 9 September 2014 01:58
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Election watchdog, the Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) says the ruling party maintains over 750 illegal election offices in the Uva Province and the police have not taken any measures to remove the illegal offices, most of which are just temporary structures used for propaganda purposes.
According to the CaFFE, Election Department has given permission to operate 219 election offices for the United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) in Moneragala district but the party maintains, over 970 election offices, most of which are just temporary structures used for campaigning.
Elections Commissioner has authorized 163 offices for the United National Party (UNP,) 73 offices for the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP,) 105 for Eksath Lanka Party and 133 for the Labor Party, according to the election watchdog. In addition a number of independent groups are also allowed to operate election offices.
The CaFFE says that due to the continuous attacks the UNP and the JVP are not even maintaining the number of authorized offices.
