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UPFA wins `rigged` EPC election
Sunday, 11 May 2008 - 1:56 PM SL Time
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The counting of votes, yet to be completed, indicate that Sri Lanka`s President Mahinda Rajapaksa`s ruling United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) was set to win the Eastern Provincial Council (EPC) election with 18 seats and 2 bonus seats in the election held on Saturday with widespread rigging. The opposition UNP-SLMC alliance receives 15 seats, 1 seat for the JVP and 1 seat for Tamizh Democratic National Alliance. Meanwhile The Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) observed that the Eastern Provincial election, was not at all free and fair . This is due to the reason that it very clearly shown that dominance of rule of law had been overtaken by a dominance of violence.
Despite the rigging, the opposition UNP-SLMC alliance wins the Trincomalee district.
Displaced people in Trincomalee have voted for the UNP-SLMC alliance which had promised them to resettle the people in their own places and take up the issue of proposed Champoor power-plant with India.
Paramilitary Pillayan Group has played a key role in widespread election malpractice, paving the way for UPFA victory in Batticaloa and in the Tamil areas of Ampaa`rai district.
The district wise break-down of expected seats based on the results announced so far, follow:
Trincomalee: 5 UNP-SLMC, 4 UPFA and 1 JVP
Batticaloa: 6 UPFA, 4 UNP-SLMC and 1 TDNA
Ampaa`rai: 8 UPFA and 6 UNP
Extracts from the report by the Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) released at the end of the election day follow:
`The Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) observed that the Eastern Provincial election, which was held today, was not at all free and fair . This is due to the reason that it very clearly shown that dominance of rule of law had been overtaken by a dominance of violence. In all three district that voting was conducted in there have been incidents of voters being attacked and prevented from casting their votes etc. CaFFE observed that polling agents who had arrived at the polling booths in the morning have had to leave because of the prevailing climate of intimidation.
`In all three districts there have also been reports of polling booth agents of certain political parties being attacked, chased away, not allowed to enter into the polling booths and also incidents in which they were abducted.
`In the Valachenai area, monitors observed that election commission officials were totally disregarded and certain factions perpetrated organized disturbances against the voters who were suspected to be casting votes against certain political parties. We also observed that organized gangs in many areas located in the Digamdulla and Trincimalee districts had been methodically stationed in these areas prior to election. Security personnel and law enforcement officials could not take any action against them. In Dehiattakandiya it was evident that there was a total climate of violence and intimidation and these gangs had systematically gone into selected areas and attacked selected people.
`In Batticaloa, CaFFE observed 14 and 15 year old children casting votes without being challenged. They carried out such illegal voting with or without their voting cards, ballots paper and even without any identification documents.
`Non- State armed groups were seen in areas around Batticaloa and Kalmunai carrying out election activities. They were observed to immediately withdraw from polling booth areas when they noticed election observers approaching, they were then seen to return to polling booths once they perceived that the elections monitors had left. In Trincomalee, CaFFE observed that a Minister had brought Internally Displaced People from Puttalam to cast votes and furthermore, internally displaced people from the Trincomalee itself had been methodically organized and taken to vote.`
`Parallel to these observations CaFFE also observes that the people of the Digmadulla District have been seriously intimidated by the alleged acts of the LTTE, namely the bomb explosion and mortar attack that took place in Ampara and the attack on the ship in the Trincomalee harbor.`
`[..] [list of violence]`
`On the foregoing observations CaFFE would like to request that the election commissioner annul polling of certain polling booths and direct a re-polling in the polling booths of all three districts where serious violence and election malpractices have taken place.`
`We strongly feel that the election commissioner should pay special attention to polling booths in the Verugal, Kappalthurai and Echampaththu divisional secretariat areas located in the Trincomalee District, the Valachenia, Ottamavadi, Porrative, Kokadicholai, Kathankudai and Arriampethi areas located in the Batticaloa district and in the Tirukovvil and Akkaraipathtu areas located in the Digamadulla District.`
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EEELamaya
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 11 May 2008 06:59:21 GMT Report for Abuse
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UPFA wins 'rigged' EPC election
If the election is rigged, how can you say it is a 'win'?
Anyway, Chingala muniya did it again! 2500 year civilization matters, it seems!
Edited By - EEELamaya - 11 May 2008 07:00:38 GMT |
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 11 May 2008 07:06:09 GMT Report for Abuse
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MR has proved to everyone the type of crook he is.
This result is just a show.
Noone will recognize it.
MR and his brother are just making it easy for them to take as much as they can from the coffers before they leave.
3% voted...........................not a valid result any way.
Edited By - whatreallyhap - 11 May 2008 07:07:31 |
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11 May 2008 07:06:23 GMT Report for Abuse
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If Anton Balasingham was alive today, he wuld say, 'There goes for a penny our 30-yr old LTTE-built Eelam dream'
And what is funny is that why wouldn't anyone ask how the 20 odd TNA parliamentarians came to be following mass scale rigging of votes, which was despised by the common communique of the EU ?
Edited By - Nacholibre - 11 May 2008 07:09:44 GMT |
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 11 May 2008 07:07:23 GMT Report for Abuse
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Taminet/LTTE/UNP(Traitor Ranil Faction) have lost the Democratic Free and fair Election.
So, LTTE/Tamil Net/UNP(Traitor Ranil) faction will all say the Election was rigged!!!
What else can they say?? |
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11 May 2008 07:10:20 GMT Report for Abuse
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If Anton Balasingham was alive today, he wuld say, 'There goes for a penny our LTTE-built Eelam dream'
Bala and TC are laughing from their buts!
Who will recognize these election results? Only modayas?
Edited By - EEELamaya - 11 May 2008 07:12:31 GMT |
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11 May 2008 07:10:26 GMT Report for Abuse
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This Election Result Clearly shows that a Majority of Tamil speaking and Sinhala Speaking people in the East Support President Mahinda.
We will soon Repeat these Results in the Vanni too! |
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11 May 2008 07:10:36 GMT Report for Abuse
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Taminet/LTTE/UNP(Traitor Ranil Faction) have lost the Democratic Free and fair Election.
So, LTTE/Tamil Net/UNP(Traitor Ranil) faction will all say the Election was rigged!
What else can they say??
Spoken like a true Singlecellese punaku eater.
Lets see how MR rules....... |
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 11 May 2008 07:13:14 GMT Report for Abuse
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What ever said and done LTTE has failed to face the music.
Rigging if would have done by the Former LTTE combatants.
Another nail to Vijathika Sabahawa for there commitment. |
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11 May 2008 07:13:16 GMT Report for Abuse
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Here's what Anusam Nana said,
I Quote Anusam:
however we all know the truth... The UNP-SLMC alliance has caught the PUNAKKU raja with his Amude down. They never expected the UNP to even contest leave alone go into alliance with the SLMC and for hakeem to contest for the CM post.
End Quote:
Traitor Ranil and LNP Anusam have both been Caught Red Handed with their 'USA Designer Pants Down'
Hoooo! Hooo!! |
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 11 May 2008 07:14:39 GMT Report for Abuse
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3% voted...........................not a valid result any way.
Eelamist cannot stop lying even in broad daylight.
50-65% voted |
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