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Media
Communiqué on Election-related Violence
Local Government Elections 2002 |
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Wednesday
20th March 2002 - 1st Release
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LIST
OF SERIOUSLY FLAWED LOCAL GOVERNMENT POLLS
(Based on Information Received by CMEV as at 1.00 pm)
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District |
LGB |
Types of Incidents Reported |
Status |
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Polonnaruwa |
Thamankaduwa PS |
Intimidation of Voters and other parties' polling agents by UNF |
Seriously Flawed. Unacceptable levels of threats and violence by UNF |
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Anuradhapura |
Galnewa PS |
Threatening of Voters. Police inaction / partisanship to UNF |
Seriously Flawed. Unacceptable levels of threats and violence by UNF. Some PA violence as well. |
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Kurunegala |
Mawathagama PS |
Very Violent. Intimidation of Voters and other parties' polling agents by UNF |
Seriously Flawed. Unacceptable levels of threats and violence by UNF |
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Kurunegala MC |
Murder and Shooting in the town itself |
Intra-UNF rivalry has increased the violence. Seriously Flawed. |
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Puttlam |
Arachchikattuwa PS |
Very Violent. Intimidation of all non-UNF voters |
Seriously Flawed. Unacceptable levels of threats and violence by UNF |
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Anamaduwa PS |
Very Violent. Intimidation of all non-UNF voters |
Seriously Flawed. Unacceptable levels of threats and violence by UNF |
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Puttlam PS |
Very Violent. Intimidation of all non-UNF voters |
Seriously Flawed. Unacceptable levels of threats and violence by UNF |
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Monaragala |
Bibile PS |
Systematic Impersonation and Stuffing |
Seriously Flawed. Unacceptable levels of threats and violence by UNF |
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Gampaha |
Attanagalla PS |
Threatening of other voters by UNF. President canvassing at polling centres |
Seriously Flawed (UNF intimidation). President's presence with 7 vehicles unacceptable as well |
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Ja Ela PS |
Threatening of other polling agents and voters by UNF. |
Seriously Flawed. Unacceptable levels of threats and violence by UNF |
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Katana PS |
Threatening of other polling agents and voters by UNF. |
Seriously Flawed. Unacceptable levels of threats and violence by UNF |
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Matale |
Dambulla PS |
Threatening of other polling agents and voters by UNF |
Seriously Flawed. Unacceptable levels of threats and violence by UNF |
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Galewela PS |
Threatening of other polling agents and voters by UNF |
Seriously Flawed. Unacceptable levels of threats and violence by UNF |
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Pallepola PS |
Threatening of other polling agents and voters by UNF |
Seriously Flawed. Unacceptable levels of threats and violence by UNF |
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Nuwara Eliya |
Hanguraketha PS |
Probably the most uniformly violent PS with intimidation against other polling agents and voters by UNF throughout. |
Irrevocably flawed. Supporters of SB Dissanayake openly intimidate all-comers, including CMEV monitors. |
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TOTAL |
01 Municipal Council and 14 Pradeshiya Sabhas Seriously Flawed out of 60 local government bodies monitored, which is 25% or one-fourth of those monitored. |
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CMEV was formed in 1997 by the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA), the Free Media Movement (FMM) and the Coalition Against Political Violence as an independent and non-partisan organization to monitor the incidence of election related violence.
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Dr.
P. Saravanamuttu |
Sunila
Abeysekera Co-Convenor |
Sundanda
Deshapriya |