IDPs unlikely to get a chance to vote

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Peoples Action for Free and Fair Election (PAFFREL) today said that 18,000 people who are still in welfare villages in Chettikulum and around 3000 IDPs in the Puttalam District are unlikely to get the chance to vote in the upcoming Local Government election.

PAFFREL Executive Director Rohana Hettiarachchi stated, that this had been confirmed at a meeting which the Commissioner of Elections had with the political party secretaries recently.

He recalled that it was mentioned at this meeting that the commissioner had no provisions to ensure the voting rights of these persons according to the existing laws relevant to the Local Government elections. (YP)

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zorro Thursday, 03 March 2011 10:04 AM

democrazy and the IDPs are Tamils and somebody else will be deciding on their communal rights?

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Rohan kariyawasm Thursday, 03 March 2011 10:57 AM

we dont consider the,m as people who cares

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malkanthi Thursday, 03 March 2011 11:03 AM

Our democracy is now based not in the voting, but in the counting!

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Dr.B.Thirumaran Thursday, 03 March 2011 12:04 PM

they dont need voting rights now, they need to go home and start their normal life. let them go.

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Cobra Thursday, 03 March 2011 01:49 PM

Naturally. IDPs will never vote for the incumbent regime due to which they are in this plight. So no vote for them means no vote for any opposition!!!

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Silva Thursday, 03 March 2011 01:52 PM

what a pathetic situation.. no one care about their hasty resettlement but want to get their votes, IS THIS DEMOCRAZY?

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citizen1 Thursday, 03 March 2011 04:20 PM

Yes they do need to go home as a priority but also need equal status.

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