Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV)
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.
M.H.M Ajmeer, coordinator at the Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV), speaks on the nature of the Parliamentary election after polls closed.
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.
Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, co-convenor of the Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV), speaks on the nature of the Parliamentary election after polls closed.
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.
Mr. D.M. Dissanayake, the national coordinator of the Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV), speaks on the ground situation on polling day.
Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, co-convenor of the Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV), speaks on the ground situation on polling day.
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.
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.
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 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 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.
