Issuing the report of the Commonwealth Observer Mission to Sri Lanka’s Northern provincial Elections, Commonwealth Secretary-general Kamalesh Sharma, commended the Sri Lankan state’s running of the Northern Provincial council elections.
Expressing satisfaction over the post-election environment, Sharma said,
“The post-results environment was also peaceful and for this, we commend the leadership of participating political parties.”
Sharma also expressed importance of the pre-electoral environment, stating,
“An election is a process not an event. The pre-electoral environment is vital to its integrity and credibility.”
See below for a rough idea of the environment that the elections were carried out in.
SL army attack Ananthy Sasitharan’s home (20 September 2013)
Map of NPC election violence goes live (14 September 2013)
Northern Provincial Council candidate found dead (05 August 2013)
SL army intimidates Tamil NPC candidates (29 July 2013)
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