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Tag: CAFFE

No power to change women’s representation – CaFFE
21Feb By Faraz ShauketalyNo Comments
LOCAL

No power to change women’s representation – CaFFE

Sri Lanka election watchdog, Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) says the allegation that the number of local council members has increased due to female representation is unacceptable. Executive Director of the Keerthi Tennakoon speaking to local media stated that this situation has arisen due to the arbitrary changes made in the ratio of members selected under the proportional and divisional election system based on political needs. Tennakoon pointed out that earlier it was proposed to use a 70% from divisional system and 30% from proportional system but later changed it to 60-40% without any prior examination of the election methodology. He said when the Local Government Act was presented to the Parliament, it had been mentioned that 70% of the divisional system and 30...
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Sri Lanka election monitor calls on government to hold Provincial Council Elections in April
20Feb By Faraz ShauketalyNo Comments
LOCAL

Sri Lanka election monitor calls on government to hold Provincial Council Elections in April

Sri Lanka election monitor Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) calls on the government to hold the Provincial Council Elections in April this year. Executive Director of CaFFE Keerthi Tennakoon said the Delimitation Committee on Provincial Councils appointed to determine the limits of electoral districts has finished their report and handed over to the subject Minister. The Executive Director stressed that the government should call an all-party meeting immediately and hold the elections as promised in the North-Central, Eastern and Sabaragamuwa Provincial Councils in April, 2018. He said that CaFFE will take the lead in defeating any attempt to postpone PC polls and would not allow any individual to postpone the Provincial Council Election under any circumstance. Unde...
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Elections Commission chairman issues stern warning over election law violation
1Jan By Faraz ShauketalyNo Comments
LOCAL

Elections Commission chairman issues stern warning over election law violation

Election laws are put in place by the Elections Commission for a reason: to keep propaganda from disturbing people’s day-to-day lives, and to save public and private property from posters. However, if candidates are carrying out propaganda, such material can be removed by authorities. According to the Executive Director of CaFFE (Center for a Free and Fair Election), there is election propaganda in areas such as: Dickwella Galle Nilwella Galle – Matara main road CaFFE’s Executive Director Keerthi Tennakoon says that if individuals are deliberately refraining from removing such illegal propaganda, the Elections Commission should consider them to be individuals who are disregarding their orders and election law. “They are also in violation of Article 4 of the 17th Amen...
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Sri Lanka Election monitor calls on President to make the bond commission report public
1Jan By Faraz ShauketalyNo Comments
Business

Sri Lanka Election monitor calls on President to make the bond commission report public

An election monitor and an anti-corruption watchdog in Sri Lanka has requested the President Maithripala Sirisena to immediately make the final report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the Central Bank Bond Issuance available to the public. Speaking at a media conference in Galle yesterday, Executive Director of Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) Keerthi Tennakoon has requested the President to promptly release the special 1400-page report, which was handed over to the President yesterday by the chairman of the commission Supreme Court Justice K. K. Chithrasiri, to the public. The President appointed the Commission of Inquiry on 27th January 2017 to investigate, inquire into and report on the Issuance of Treasury Bonds during the period 01st February 2015 to 31...
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Commission records 122 complaints over upcoming local govt. elections
27Dec By Faraz ShauketalyNo Comments
LOCAL

Commission records 122 complaints over upcoming local govt. elections

The National Election Commission has received 122 complaints regarding the Local Government election. The police received 12 complaints yesterday. The highest number of complaints recorded is 17, reported from the Gampaha district. The Elections Commission said that 15 complaints have been received from the Colombo District. Furthermore, the Commission stated that the highest number of complaints were regarding the distribution of goods, cut-outs and banners. The Commission stated that necessary action has been taken with the support of the police. Meanwhile, the Police Unit set up to look into election malpractice said that it had received 32 complaints relating to the elections. The Campaign for Free and Fair Elections’ (CAFFE) Executive Director Keerthi Tennakoon said that 93 c...
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