The polls monitoring body, the People’s Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL) has requested the Election Commission (EC) in writing to urgently make necessary arrangements to invite a delegation of election observers representing the international community.
As per the Constitution, the Presidential Election should be held before 17 October of this year. To set the date for the said election, the nomination period and the campaigning period should be considered practically. Also, the Regulation of Election Expenditure Act is going to be implemented for the first time.
“The participation of local and foreign election observers in election monitoring is a factor that strengthens the credibility of elections,” PAFFREL’s Executive Director Rohana Hettiarachchi noted in a letter to the EC Chairperson, R.M.A.L. Rathnayake.
