Violence expected in Negomobo during MC Elections By Nirmala Kannangara in Negombo Photos by Asoka Fernando and Thusitha Kumara Number of eligible voters – 100,283 Number of polling booths – 64 The once calm and tranquil town of Negombo better known as ‘Little Rome’ is expected to be plagued with thuggery and violence in the [...]
By Raisa Wickrematunge New candidates, new policies. With Municipal Council elections coming up, candidates are canvassing with a will. Posters of a few candidates are already visible around Colombo. Yet, it would seem that quite a few are reluctant to vote. There are those like Nazly, who said that he would vote, as he did [...]
By Maryam Azwer in Kandy – Photos by Asoka Fernando Kandy looks like any other town when elections are around the corner. Posters of future Municipal Councilor hopefuls smile (or sometimes glare) down at you from almost everywhere: walls, gates, shop-fronts, vehicles and trees. Somewhere in the town, even a garbage dumpster was not spared. [...]
Pictures and Text By Gazala Anver This time for the Municipal Council elections in Galle, we have group leaders Jilith Nishantha for the UNP and Fowz Niyaz for the UPFA making promises so one or the other could be elected Mayor. Both group leaders have similar promises: the only difference is that the opposition candidate [...]
By Nirmala Kannangara Former UNP Colombo District parliamentarian Mohamed Mahroof who crossed over to the ruling party following his failed attempt to get the Mayoral candidacy nomination from the UNP for the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) claims that he had given one billion rupees to the UNP leader for election campaign work. Mahroof told The [...]
