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Easterners vote today for the first time in 20 years
Saturday, 10 May 2008 - 8:45 PM SL Time
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Its all systems go for today s first ever Provincial Council Elections in the East. A total of 1,342 candidates from 18 registered Parties and 56 independent groups are in the fray to elect 35 members to the Council.
Additional Commissioner of Elections (Provincial and local) W. P Sumanasiri said 982,721 were eligible to cast their vote.
Live Results At:
http://www.neweast.lk
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tigeress19
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 10 May 2008 13:50:21 GMT Report for Abuse
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'This is not a free and fair election,' said Kingsley Rodrigo, head of the People's Action for Free and Fair Elections, an independent election monitoring group.
no one with the right mind can recognize this unfair election!
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10 May 2008 13:51:39 GMT Report for Abuse
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080510/wl_afp/srilankaunrestvote_080510132827
The Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV), an NGO, said 13- and 14-year-old TMVP cadres were seen casting their ballots in Ampara, while militiamen were alleged to have been stuffing ballot boxes in Valachchenai, TMVP leader Pillaiyan's hometown.
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 10 May 2008 13:56:07 GMT Report for Abuse
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Tigeress19
free and fair election
do you think if there is an election in north, it is going to be free and fair?? |
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10 May 2008 13:58:11 GMT Report for Abuse
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Sri Lankan vote tests a peacemaking strategy
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0509/p07s01-wosc.html |
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10 May 2008 13:58:51 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Che do you think if there is an election in north, it is going to be free and fair??
depends on the circumstances! |
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10 May 2008 13:59:05 GMT Report for Abuse
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Voters in eastern Sri Lanka worry about future
http://news.aol.com/story/_a/voters-in-eastern-sri-lanka-worry-about/n20080510041209990019 |
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10 May 2008 14:00:01 GMT Report for Abuse
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depends on the circumstances!
yeh yeh :)) |
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10 May 2008 14:01:16 GMT Report for Abuse
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Maiden provincial poll for Sri Lanka's war-ravaged East
http://in.news.yahoo.com/indiaabroad/20080509/r_t_ians_wl_asia/twl-maiden-provincial-poll-for-sri-lanka-d5d6288_1.html |
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10 May 2008 14:02:20 GMT Report for Abuse
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UNP will win 19 seats at free, fair EPC election - Attanayake
http://www.island.lk/2008/05/10/news27.html |
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10 May 2008 14:03:38 GMT Report for Abuse
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yeh yeh :))
ohh yes, if you hold an election tomorrow in jaffna under the given circumstances, how could that possibly be a fair election?? |
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