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Sri Lankan army ordered to remove roadblocks for Tamil voters

Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police, Ravi Seneviratne, has instructed the army remove roadblocks to allow Tamils to access polling stations; this request was initially denied.

Eventually the army was forced to abide by the Electoral Commissioner demands, however TNA MP, M.A. Sumanthiran has told Daily Mirror that people in the north were familiar with roadblocks and that this would not hinder them.

Speaking to the Daily Mirror, he told reporters;

"SDIG Seneviratne who arrived in the North last morning has instructed the army to remove all the roadblocks to enable the people to reach their polling stations without any obstacle. Although the army refused earlier, they had to abide by the EC's directives. There is no issue in the north now. Even despite roadblocks, the people will cast their vote today in numbers”.

Read the Daily Mirror’s reporting here.

 

 

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