The Commissioner of Elections has expressed his pleasure at President Mahinda Rajapksa’s recent intervention that election laws must be abided by and cannot be violated.
Speaking to Ceylon Today, the Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya stated,
“I am glad the President himself has got involved in handling the election law violations and instructed the police to take tough action and this will make things easy for us”.
Perhaps now the misuse of state property and resources for campaign propaganda, described as “rampant” in some districts, and election related violence can finally be held to account.
But then again, given Rajapaksa’s ruling-UPFA coalition is leading the way, perhaps not.
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