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Cutouts, posters out by Thursday: Elections Commissioner
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admin on 05 January, 2010 08:46:00
 
Representatives and candidates for the January 26 Presidential election met
Elections Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake this evening (January 5) at the
Elections Secretariat in Rajagiriya. Kandy District Parliamentarian Tissa
Attanayake said that the EC had promised to take stern action against those
whose unlawful propaganda materials were not removed from public places.
The Commissioner also accepted that there were several complaints against the
Police on elections related issues like complaints being not accepted. Action on
that too would be taken, the EC had said according to Mr. Attanayake.
He also added that the EC had empowered Jayampathi Hettiarachchi to monitor and
control the state media from today.
“Don’t wait till I do all these things. All candidates will have to
cooperate to make this campaign free and fair,” Elections Commissioner
Dayananda Dissanayake had reportedly stated.