Over 50,000 upcountry Tamils will be unable to vote at the Uva Provincial Council election, in the island's south, as their employers have refused to grant them leave in order for them to cast their vote, reports Colombo Page.
The Tamils, employed in the private sector in other parts of the island such as Jaffna, Colombo, Kandy and Nuwara Eliya, will not be able to return to the Uva province, in order to cast their vote.
"Workers in the public service are entitled to cast their vote by post. But, private sector workers are not given that right. I expect to request the Commissioner of Elections to provide that facility to private sector workers too," the president of the NGO, Saumaya Sarana Sandsadaya said.
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