Most peaceful election ever: EC Chief

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Colombo, September 21 (Daily Mirror) - The recently concluded presidential election will go down in history as the most peaceful ever held in Sri Lanka, according to the Election Commission.

Speaking to the Daily Mirror, Election Commission Chairman R.M.A.L. Ratnayake stated that no incidents of violence were reported during the voting period.

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The new colour of change Saturday, 21 September 2024 05:13 PM

The main reason is that the major political parties had lost a lot of power leading up to the election. It's pretty clear who was responsible for the violence in the past elections -- it was always the blue, green, or the color of the pohottuwa party.

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Tah Saturday, 21 September 2024 05:14 PM

Great news Peaceful election as long as the Rajapaksa's family not in power.

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Hopeful Citizen Saturday, 21 September 2024 05:16 PM

Excellent performance Election Commissioner R.M.A.L. Ratnayake. Congratulations. You deserve credit for having overcome a lot of roadblocks attempted by a few individuals including the President to delay the elections and conclude an incident-free voting Please keep up the good work to ensure the power transfer takes place seamlessly and quickly. Cheers.

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Society reflects the mood of the ruler? Saturday, 21 September 2024 05:24 PM

This is precisely what the citizens expect from a leader who means true democracy. All his rallies reflected his thoughts of a peaceful nation. He is one leader who came as a gift to the nation and the people, while some others harped on racial and religious disharmony. He was occupied with his oficial affairs, while other candidates were going around canvassing to votes.

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Fernando Saturday, 21 September 2024 07:26 PM

Where were you in 1980s. JVP threatened people not to vote and warned that if people go out of the house to vote, their fingers will be chopped off. Indeed they are very peaceful.

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Perera Saturday, 21 September 2024 08:19 PM

A misplaced comment? Anger, prejudice or misguided beliefs can make funny things happen:)

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greta Saturday, 21 September 2024 09:19 PM

With people like you living in the 1980s the country will never develop

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Chula Saturday, 21 September 2024 05:51 PM

This time NPP is powerful

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Yoga Saturday, 21 September 2024 05:54 PM

Theme of the election was the Economy of the country. There were no emotional topics on the basis of ethnicity or religion.

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Cheers Saturday, 21 September 2024 05:56 PM

Every election commissioner says this

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Nihal S Saturday, 21 September 2024 06:45 PM

Yes because Rsjapakse has lost power. He and his thugs were responsible for violences in recent elections.

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Maintain peace Saturday, 21 September 2024 07:06 PM

Yes peaceful election. Hope the losers will maintain the peace when results come out.

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sss Saturday, 21 September 2024 07:18 PM

JR from the hell is so disappointed that his protégé Ranil has not used his election winning thuggery

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Is something brewing? Saturday, 21 September 2024 08:55 PM

He was trying to. Once his chosen one was slapped down by the Supreme Court. He was planning on putting the police on hibernation for 2 weeks like his uncle once did. Getting the election delayed didn't work out. You don’t know what the old fox is up to, you know!

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Why Saturday, 21 September 2024 08:34 PM

Why is next Monday a public holiday ? Not to work a day means loosing about 500 millions Dollars . Can SL afford this? No

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Ex-President, My President Saturday, 21 September 2024 09:17 PM

Why can't we? With a little help from the IMF and the ex-president, you know, they're buddies. Do you want the sun to rise from the west? Possible! With a little help from .......

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saman Saturday, 21 September 2024 09:15 PM

Dear EC Chief, this without a IGP not even an acting IGP. But Ranil wanted Deshabandu to be appointed as the IGP. Tell the entire population this point. We bow down to the supreme court.

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SP Saturday, 21 September 2024 10:21 PM

All of us can be proud of the peaceful election and this is how the civilised world handle change of batten (or the continuation of an existing government) whichever is the case. But we cannot sit on our laurels and go to hibernation in the typical Sri Lankan fashion. That too needs to change. As proven in the past it’s easy to grab power but extremely hard to maintain. Ranil’s two years showed us how it’s done under extreme conditions. He and his efficient team completed a tremendous amount of work in such a short period of time. You need to continue relentlessly like that and that needs the right (and smart) policies and good leadership. Then only we can celebrate!

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