Members of the European Election Monitoring Association (EEMA) will arrive in the country today (Oct 15) in line with the upcoming presidential election, an official at the Elections Secretariat said.
The official noted that 60 members of the EEMA will remain in the country until December, along with two other monitoring groups namely the Commonwealth, and the South Asian Election Monitoring Forum.
An Elections Secretariat official said that more than 130 international election monitors will be in the country to witness the November 16 presidential election.
(Reporting by Damith Wickramasekara)
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
An interim order prohibiting Deshabandu Tennakoon from carrying out his duties as Inspector General of Police (IGP) has been issued by the Supreme Court.
The Presidential election will be held on September 21, the Commission of Elections has decided.
The former leader of the New Sama Samaja Party (NSSP) and the New Left Front and well-known figure in left-wing politics in Sri Lanka, Dr. Wickramabahu Karunaratne, passed away at the age of 81.
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