Uva PC polls - complaints rise to 424
September 18, 2014 11:56 am
Some 424 election related complaints have been reported by midnight yesterday (17,) the last day of campaigning before the 20 September Uva Provincial Council election, Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) says.
Some 305 complaints have been reported from Moneragala district and 100 from Badulla. There were 19 complaints common to both districts.
It was reported that there were 24 instances of election law violations yesterday including complaints of misuse of public property, using PA systems without approval.
“Many unmarked vehicles, including vehicles with fake and garage number plates, were deployed in both Badulla and Moneragala yesterday. CaFFE has continuously complained of this vehicles used by United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) candidates. This shows the extent of the breakdown of the rule of law in Badulla,” CaFFE says.
