The Tamil National Alliance accused the military of campaigning on behalf of the ruling coalition in the run up to the Northern Provincial Elections today.
The military were accused of threatening opposition candidates and erecting posters for candidates of the ruling coalition.
In a letter addressed to Mahinda Rajapaksa, the TNA leader Sampanthan said,
“In this background and otherwise, it is clear that there cannot be a free and fair election if the military continues its interfering pressure in the Northern Province,”
“It has thus become imperative for me to ask you to relegate the army and the other security forces to the barrack immediately and leave maintenance of law and order in the hands of the police.”