Election Commission​er warns the Secretarie​s of the Political Parties

Election Commission​er warns the Secretarie​s of the Political Parties[ Monday, 04 July 2011, 04:18.21 AM GMT +05:30 ]The Commissioner of Elections Mahinda Deshapriya told Political Party Secretaries that he could take action on hear say or their press releases or news reports in the media exposing any instances of interference by the Army in the election campaign for the forthcoming local elections in the North.

The Commissioner made the observation when the General Secretary of the UNP Tissa Attanayake as well as the General Secretary of the People’s Liberation Front (JVP) Tilvin Silva complained that political Party representatives were not being allowed by the government to campaign freely in the North.

The Commissioner also assured the Political Party Secretaries that he would do his utmost to ensure that the local elections were conducted in a free and fair manner on Saturday July 23, so that it may meet the expectations of the majority of the people in the country.

The General Secretary of the UPFA Minister Susil Premajayantha, General Secretary of the LSSP Minister Prof Tissa Vitharna, General Secretary of the United Socialist Alliance Siritunga Jayasuriya and several other were also present at this meeting.

The Election Commissioner said that if they substantiated their claims soon after they had complained to the Police he could take prompt action to inform the Defense authorities through the Inspector General of Police N. K. Illangakoon to take necessary action.

The meeting was held at the Elections Secretariat in Rajagiriya.

Deputy Commissioner of Elections (Administration ) M. M. Mohammed said that the Commissioner had stated that under the new provisions of the Local Government Elections Ordinance disabled voters should forward their applications before July 15 to permit someone else the authority to cast their vote at the forthcoming local elections.

Additional Commissioner of Elections(Provincial and Local) W.P.Sumanasiri requested those voters who do not have the National Identity Card or other Officially recognized Identity cards which are compulsory for voting purposes to forward their applications through their respective Grama Niladharis before July 13.

The Commissioner of Elections on Friday instructed Elections Secretariat officials to hand over the Postal voting packets to the Postal authorities on Friday for postal voting to take place on July 12.

Sumanasiri said that the forthcoming Local Elections would be held according to the Electoral Register for 2010 and around 3 million voters were eligible to cast their vote for the 64 local bodies being contested on July 23.

Deputy Commissioner Mohammed said that the Polling cards would be delivered on July 06 with Special delivery on Sunday July 10.

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Sri Lanka: Eezham Tamil political detainees face severe mental torture

Eezham Tamil political detainees face severe mental torture[TamilNet, Friday, 01 July 2011, 06:11 GMT]
Eezham Tamil political detainees kept in the prisons of Sri Lanka in the south as well as in the north without any cases filed against them for years are severely affected psychologically, medical sources examined them when they were brought to Jaffna teaching hospital said. Under unbearable mental stress some of the detainees attempted to escape this week, but they were re-arrested. One of them who attempted escape was swimming for a whole day to avoid detection and later he was re-arrested on information while hiding in an abandoned building.

Thousands of Eezham Tamil political detainees are kept for a very long time running into years in the custody of occupying Sri Lanka without cases filed in the courts.

Colombo is either still unable to find grounds to frame cases against them or it wants the detainees to suffer more time in the prison than what punishment a court could give them.

 

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WESL organizati​on demand the government to release political prisoners

WESL organizati​on demand the government to release political prisoners[ Wednesday, 29 June 2011, 01:40.09 PM GMT +05:30 ]We Are Sri-Lankans (WESL) organization as decided to carry out a protest in front of the Fort Railway Station for demanding the release of political prisoners who were arrested during the war time.

According to the sources, during this protest protesters will demand the government to cancel the emergency law and to release clear and correct information’s about the political prisoners who are presently in the prison.

Family members of the political detainees, representatives of the human rights organizations and the university students   are schedule to participate in this protest.

Around 17 thousand political prisoners are presently detained in the prisons.

We Are Sri-Lankan organization as conduct protest in Trincomalee and Killinochchie areas.

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We need the proper data on the political detainees - CFPP

We need the proper data on the political detainees - CFPP[ Wednesday, 29 June 2011, 08:33.00 AM GMT +05:30 ]A campaign backed by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) has called on the government to release proper data on the political detainees.

The Campaign for Freedom for Political Prisoners (CFPP), which has been organized under the We Are Sri Lankans (WESL) organization, has said the government must be accountable for arrests made during the period of the war.

Member of the CFPP, Chameera Koswatte has told the media that a political crisis was brewing in the country due to the non-resolution of several issues that have emerged after the war.

According to Koswatte, the contradictory figures released by the government on political detainees created doubts over the detainees under government custody.

He has said the government needed to immediately provide their details and take necessary legal action if they are to be charged or release them.

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President to support political solution decided by Parliament

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President to support political solution decided by Parliament June 28, 2011  10:54 am

I will support a political solution decided by the Parliament, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said a short while ago while addressing Media heads at Temple Trees.

The President said this when questioned on why a political solution for the minorities had been delayed.

He also stated that it was the responsible of the Parliament to come up with a durable political solution.

Discussing the University teacher salaries the President said that he cannot grant a Rs.200,000 salary as it was not in the public service structure.

Northern Provincial Council elections will be held next year, the President further stated.
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That´s what should happend. but should not take thirty more years to make a this.

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June 28, 2011 11:05 am

How convenient. The spineless government parliamentarians will carry out MRs wishes. MR will support his own proposals.

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June 28, 2011 12:19 pm

The political solution is the 13th amendment as it is. There is no scope to devolve any more power whatsoever. The TNA better accept that there is no more scope to devolve any more power than this. Apart from the TNA nobody else in sri-lanka is demanding absurd demands.No land and police powers should be give to the PCs which would be a disaster for sri-lanka and the concurrent list should not be abolished. If the concurrent list is abolished it would be another disaster. The land belongs to all people of sri-lanka equally. The concurrent list is there as a safeguard. If it is abolished then the central govt will have nothing to do and will be powerless! It is crazy. The political solution should satisfy all minorities not just TNA and most importantly the majority as well, whatever majority and minority means. Only western countries, India, TNA and the LTTE terrorists in western countries are making crazy demands of sri-lanka and we should not in any way bow down to their crazy demands in any way sort or form.

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June 28, 2011 01:00 pm

Revulath onay Kendath onay,

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June 28, 2011 02:26 pm

MR PRESIDENTPLS TRY TO PASS THE BALL TO EVERYONE. YOU HAVE THE POWERS, 2/3 MAJORITY SO WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ALL KIND OF BULL SHITS NOW.

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Appointion​g PSC won't effect political solution -President Rajapaksa

"I will accept any decision or proposal given by Parliament. That is the proper democratic approach and recognizes that fact that a final decision should come from Parliament," he said.