Sri Lanka’s Election Secretariat has announced that three international organisations will be invited to observe the Provincial Council polls.
The Commonwealth, South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC), and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will be asked by the government to monitor the elections for the Northern, Central and North-Western Provincial Councils.
It is yet unclear whether all three organisations will monitor all provinces.
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