Misuse of state resources regrettable - EC

18 March 2011 07:26 am Views - 5241

The Elections Commissioner issuing a statement regarding the recently concluded Local Government elections stated that it was regrettable how some political parties and groups conducted themselves both before and during the polls and stated that the misuse of State Resources and State owned media was also regrettable.

However he added that concluded polls were conducted in a “fairly pleasant atmosphere when compared to polls in previous local authority elections”. (Gandhya Senanayake)   

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