The Sri Lankan Election Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya has said he agreed to a suggestion made by the UNP to invite international monitors to observe the Northern Provincial Council elections.
The commissioner said that it would be appropriate to have monitors from Asia or other Commonwealth countries, rather than observers from the European Union.
Deshapriya said that he would discuss the idea with the Sri Lankan government and arrange the invitations for the election monitors.
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