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Sri Lanka Presidential election most free and fair - SB
Tuesday, 9 February 2010 - 9:43 AM SL Time
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The January 26 Presidential election is the most free and fair election held in Sri Lanka in recent times where there was no impersonation or stuffing of ballot boxes said Udunuwara SLFP Organiser and former Opposition Leader of the Central Provincial Council S.B. Dissanayake.
Dissanayake said so addressing a meeting of the Yatinuwara SLFP Central Organisation at Urapola Sri Abhayaraja Piriven Viharaya, Pilimatalawa.
Dissanayake said that from the day this years Presidential election was announced the Elections Commissioner stood firm against all election malpractices. The Commissioner granted almost all requests made by the Opposition and sometimes took decisions even detrimental to the government party in acceding to opposition requests.
Dissanayake said that however there had been several unfair and undemocratic elections in the country in the past. The first such unfortunate election was the 1981 District Development Council election held in Jaffna.
That election was one of the causes which plunged the country to a 30 year terrorist war.
Dissanayake said the next fraudulent election was the 1982 referendum at which even the vote of opposition challenger Hector Kobbekaduwa was cast by an impersonator.
The next fraudulent election was the Wayamba Provincial election held under the tenure of former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga. Dissanayake said that although Opposition Presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka cried foul about the recently concluded Presidential Council election all other party leaders who supported him in their heart of hearts knew that it was a very fair and free election contrary to their public outcries.
He said the majority of people had re-elected President Mahinda Rajapaksa as a mark of gratitude for liberating the country from terrorism. He said poverty would be totally eliminated and per capita income further increased during the next five to six years.
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fernando999
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 9 Feb 2010 15:10:40 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Idiot! Aren't you the one who was pardoned previously by Mahinda from being a criminal and freed from jail?? I'm sure Fraud has a different meaning in your vocabulary! That is why you call this a 'free' election! |
kiwikanga
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 9 Feb 2010 21:53:53 GMT Report for Abuse
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no impersonation or stuffing of ballot boxes
How about manupulation of figures at the point of data entry into the computers??????
It may not be 'impersonation' but could be the new system of 'E-personation'!!!
Edited By - kiwikanga - 9 Feb 2010 21:56:01 GMT |
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10 Feb 2010 04:26:09 GMT