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Election law: A dead letter
With the date of the elections in the Central, Northern and North Western provinces drawing closer, candidates mainly from government-allied political parties are flouting election laws.
In Matale, election-related violence left a campaign office in ruins, while in Puttalam, supporters of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress were observed pasting posters in broad daylight. Usually, violators of this particular election law use the cover of darkness to put up publicity material on public walls.
In Madampe, a co-operative chairman illegally erected promotional cutouts all over the co-operative society building.
Posters promoting government politicians were also pasted on the walls of a government building and the Sawarana Railway Station in Chilaw.
The Eelam People’s Democratic Party which holds sway in Kayts and in Jaffna, is making it difficult for other parties from campaining. They have even put up posters on a toddy tavern.
The Sawarana Railway Station in Chilaw plastered with election propaganda
One party has even put up posters on a toddy tavern