Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Alternatives and Co-Convenor of the Centre for Monitoring Elections Violence on the violence in the lead up to election day in the Sabaragamuwa and North Central Province Elections, August 2008.
North Central and Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council Elections 21st August 2008 – Media Communiqué No. 3 The Centre for Monitoring Election Violence [CMEV] has commenced its monitoring of the Provincial Council Elections in the North Central and Sabaragamuwa Provinces. CMEV has deployed 28 field monitors, whilst a further 450 day observers and 12 mobile teams have …
North Central and Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council Elections 20th August 2008 – Media Communiqué No. 2 In the last 24 hours of the election campaign period of North Central and Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council Elections, there were 9 grave incidents of election related violence reported to CMEV from Anuradhapura District. Of these, 5 were reported from Anuradhapura …
Photos from the CMEV Press Conference held today in Colombo are now on CMEV’s Flickr photostream and can be accessed directly here.
A map of elections related violence in the lead up to the North Central and Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council elections is now live. Click here to access the map directly. Click here to access other maps by CMEV of elections in the past.
North Central and Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council Elections 13th August 2008 – Media Communiqué No 01 The Centre for Monitoring Election Violence [CMEV] has commenced its monitoring of the Provincial Council Elections in the North Central and Sabaragamuwa Provinces. CMEV has deployed 27 field monitors in the 27 polling divisions of the two provinces and informed …
Video of Eastern Provincial Elections results and CMEV press conference on the release of its Interim Report on election violence. For higher quality version and to download the video, click here. Video courtesy Young Asia Television
The provincial election in the east has concluded with a three member UPFA majority council in place. The results released, reveal that the UPFA has managed to overturn mammoth majorities achieved by the UNP candidate Ranil Wickremesinghe in the 2005 presidential election. In terms of total number of votes cast, its majority over all other …
The conduct of the election clearly reinforces the urgency and pivotal importance of implementing the 17th Amendment to the Constitution in full. This entails the reconstitution of the Constitutional Council and its nomination of members to independent commissions, including commissions for the Police, Elections and Public Service – all of which have key responsibilities for …
Eastern Provincial Council Elections, May 2008 – Recommendations of CMEV Read More »
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A MEDIA CONFERENCE TO PRESENT FINAL REPORT ON ELECTION-RELATED VIOLENCE, EASTERN PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTION – 2008 WILL BE HELD AT 3.30 PM TODAY (12TH INSTANT) AT LIBRARY SERVICES AUDITORIUM, INDEPENDENCE AVENUE, COLOMBO 7. PLEASE BE KIND ENOUGH TO SEND A RESPRESENTATIVE OF YOUR MEDIA ORGANISATION. DR.PAIKIASOTHY SARAVANAMUTTU MR. UDAYA KALUPATHIRANA MS. SEETHA RANJANI
Media Communiqué on Election-related Violence Eastern Provincial Council Election – 2008 10th May 2008 – 2030 hrs – Media Communiqué 3 CMEV has recorded 64 incidents of violence as at 6 pm today, 10 May. Of these, 48 have been classified as Major Offences and 16 as Minor. The majority of the Major Offences …
Interview with Sunanda Deshapriya of the Free Media Movement (FMM) which is part of the CMEV, conducted at around 7.20pm today. Sunanda was in the East heading some of the CMEV monitoring efforts and was still in the field when this interview was conducted. Listen to his interview streamed in English here or download as …
Click here to access a map with violations and malpractices logged by CMEV today, 10 May 2008, during the Eastern Provincial Council Election.
An interview with Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, Co-Convenor of CMEV and Executive Director of CPA. Click here to listen to the podcast streamed online. Click here to download the podcast as an MP3 (right click and select save as).
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