Watchdogs: Sri Lanka’s local elections free and fair (People’s Daily)
Yahoo August 23rd, 2008Sri Lanka’s independent election watchdogs said Saturday’s provincial elections were free and fair with a good turn-out. “Our estimates show that there had been 60 to 65 percent polling which is very good for a provincial election,” Rohana Hettiachchi, the deputy chief of People’s Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL) told reporters in Colombo. Polls closed at 4 p.m. local time (1030 GMT) …
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