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Videos
Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu on Election Violence in Sri Lanka
Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, Executive Director of Centre for Policy Alternatives, overviews the political history, electoral system and political culture of Sri Lanka and how tendencies for violence surrounding elections has emerged. He discusses Sri Lanka’s political path since independence in 1948 and what is at stake each presidential election.
End of polling day video update: Parliamentary Elections 2010
M.H.M Ajmeer, coordinator at the Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV), speaks on the nature of the Parliamentary election after polls closed.
End of polling day video update: Parliamentary Elections 2010
Mr. D.M. Dissanayake, the national coordinator of the Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV), speaks on the nature of the Parliamentary election after polls closed.
End of polling day video update: Parliamentary Elections 2010
Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, co-convenor of the Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV), speaks on the nature of the Parliamentary election after polls closed.
Video overview of polling day violence: Parliamentary Election 2010
M.H.M Ajmeer, coordinator at the Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV), speaks on the ground situation on polling day. The video is in Tamil.
Video overview of polling day violence: Parliamentary Election 2010
Mr. D.M. Dissanayake, the national coordinator of the Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV), speaks on the ground situation on polling day.
Video overview of polling day violence: Parliamentary Election 2010
Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, co-convenor of the Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV), speaks on the ground situation on polling day.
Video at the end of polling day, 26 January 2010
Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu and Mr. D.M. Dissanayake, respectively the co-convenor and national coordinator of CMEV give their first impressions of voter turnout and violence at the polls over the course of the day.
Videos of ground situation mid-day 26 January: Presidential Election 2010
CMEV co-convenor Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu and coordinator D.M. Dissanayake speak on incidents of election violence half-way into voting on the 26th of January 2010.
The first murder of Presidential Election 2010 campaign: A video interview
Interview with Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, Co-Convenor of the Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) over the murder of a political party supporter in Tangalla today and the lobbing of a hand grenade in Batticaloa.
Both incidents are covered in detail in the CMEV Media Communiqué No. 8.
Video of press conference on Southern Provincial Council Election (Sinhala)
Video of press conference held on 13 October 2009 on Southern Provincial Council Election. Sinhala version.
The video covers the context within which the election was held, key characteristics of election violence in the run up to and on the day of the elections, and key concerns over the conduct of free and fair elections in the country.
Video of press conference on Southern Provincial Council Election (English)
Video of press conference held on 13 October 2009 on Southern Provincial Council Election. English version.
The video covers the context within which the election was held, key characteristics of election violence in the run up to and on the day of the elections, and key concerns over the conduct of free and fair elections in the country.
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