Foreign Observers to Monitor April 8 General Election
Election monitors have invited foreign polls observes for the April 8 general election. PAFFREL Executive Director, Rohana Hettiarachchi said the organization has already invited 20 foreign poll observers.
Hettiararchchi said that the Elections Commissioner has approved the invitation extended to the foreign poll observes and that a group of observers from the Asian Forum for Free and Fair Elections would arrive in the country to observe the general election.
The foreign poll observers are scheduled to arrive in the island before April 1. The observers would be from countries like Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and India.
Hettiararchchi said that local poll observers would also be engaged in monitoring activities at the general election.
(MIA)
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Still Indian IT Speacialists can make the MAGIC VOTE Rigging for Mahinda.
What – election monitors from Asian Forum for Free and Fair Elections. Is this the lot who spouted extreme unsubstantiated rubbish after the last Presidential Election?
If so, who is going to monitor the activites of extremists dressed up as monitors? They could team up with JVP or whoever and rig the counting.
Observers from Afganistan, Myanmar? Jolly good! We miss Zimbabwe & Uganda.
Do you want the election monitors when Bush was elected first time?
I Hope MR& Clan wont bribe & win them over to their side.