Centre for Monitoring Elections Violence (CMEV) is the one of leading election observation missions in the country which facilitated Inclusive Election process prioritizing voting rights of PwDs. All last three elections that were held since 2015, PwDs have been deployed as election observers by CMEV in addition to its efforts of producing of accessible documents for PwDs.
As a part of continuous engagements towards promoting inclusive elections, CMEV initiated a programme to create a pool of election observers comprising with PwDs. Its third programme was held at the Saranga Hotel in Wellawaya on 30th October 2018 with the participation of over 30 PwDs. Mr. R.S. Wedage, Assistant Commissioner of Elections, Hambanthota District attended representing Election Commission of Sri Lanka and delivered the key note speech in this event. Mr. Dharmasiri Nanayakkara, Former Deputy Commissioner of Local Government, Mr. Anura Hadagama (Attorney-at-Law) and Hashanie Chiranganie L.L.B, Nirmala Bernard, Attorney – At- Law, and Mr. Chandrasekaran Manimaran were the resource persons.
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