Over 10, 000 may lose voting rights – monitors
February 13, 2011 12:38 pm
Is has been reported that nearly 10,000 resettled people in the Vavuniya District will be unable to vote in the forthcoming Local Government election. Election monitoring groups say that some 1200 persons in the Manik Farm refugee camp have lost their voting rights.
A majority of these people are unable to vote due to electoral registers not being reformed in given time. Those who have lost their voting rights point out that they are unable to vote because electoral registers in provinces were not reformed during the war.
They state that in the past they had no need or value for an election.
A majority of these people are unable to vote due to electoral registers not being reformed in given time. Those who have lost their voting rights point out that they are unable to vote because electoral registers in provinces were not reformed during the war.
They state that in the past they had no need or value for an election.
