The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA), has denied that they compiled the recently publicised poll predicting Mahinda Rajapaksa would win the election. Executive director of CPA, Dr. P. Saravanamuttu, told The Colombo Post that in the first instance a poll purportedly carried out by CPA was promoted online with a direct link to the President’s […]
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Voting is an important civic responsibility and one way all of us exercise and enjoy our Sovereignty. This responsibility becomes particularly important during a Presidential Election, because of the immense power vested in this office. With just a few days more for the 2015 Presidential Election, follow and support #IVotedSL, a trilingual campaign launched by
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Download this PR as a PDF here, and in Sinhala here. ### On 4th January 2015 at 2.00 am: CMEV is seriously concerned about an assault on two election officers allegedly by supporters of Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Susantha Punchinilame in Trincomalee around 6.30pm on 4 January. The incident occurred in front of the United
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Summary of incidents since 20th November received by CMEV on 4th January 2015 by 3.30 pm. Download as a PDF here.
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Some reports that appeared in the mainstream print media in Sinhala and English around CMEV’s work and output.
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The following was published in The Sunday Island today around CMEV’s #IVotedSL campaign, a trilingual initiative to encourage citizens to exercise their right to franchise.
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Download this update as a PDF here. On 4th January 2015 at 1.00 pm: 02nd January, Common Candidate Maithripala’s rally was attacked- Pelmadulla It was reported to CMEV that a public meeting conducted by Common Presidential Candidate Maithripala Sirisena near Pelmadulla depot came under attack at about 7.20pm (2ndJan). As soon as the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Councilor
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Interviews conducted with CMEV staff in the Tamil and Sinhala mainstream print media.
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Summary of incidents since 20th November received by CMEV on 03rd January 2015 by 4.30pm. Download it as a PDF in Tamil, Sinhala and English here.
Situation Update, 3rd January 2015 by 4.30pm Read More »
Voting is an important civic responsibility and one way all of us exercise and enjoy our Sovereignty. This responsibility becomes particularly important during a Presidential Election, because of the immense power vested in this office. With less than one week to go for the 2015 Presidential Election, the Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) officially
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Summary of incidents since 20th November received by CMEV on 2nd January 2015 by 3.30 pm. Download as a PDF here.
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CMEV Convenor D.M. Dissanayake interviewed by Mawbima newspaper.
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The Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) can now be reached over Telegram, a secure messaging app that’s completely free to use. Download Telegram here (available for Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Windows, Linux, Apple OS X). Connect with us via +94 727772810 or by searching for our username, CMEVSL, in the app. CMEV will continue
Summary of incidents since 20th November received by CMEV on 01st January 2015 by 3.30 pm. Download as PDF in Sinhala, Tamil and English here.
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On 31st December 2014 at 10.00 pm: Electioneering under the guise of distributing rice for flood victims in Paddiruppu -Batticaloa CMEV monitor in Batticaloa, Mr. KirubanandaSivam, informed CMEV of a meeting in Rasamanikkam Hall, Paddiruppu, Batticaloaat around 11am on 31st December where Deputy Minister of Resettlement VinayagamoorthyMuralitharan had distributed rice to families who were displaced by
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