PAFFREL -Second Interim Reports (20.09.2013)

Only a day is left ahead of the election to the Northern, North-Western and Central Provincial Councils. We, People’s Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL)

Election for Northern, Northwestern and Central

Provincial Council Election 21.09.2013

 

PAFFREL -Second Interim Report (20.09.2013)

Only a day is left ahead of the election to the Northern, North-Western and Central Provincial Councils. We, People’s Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL), will also monitor tomorrow’s election. We have made necessary arrangements for it. Moreover,   it is commendable that people of the north have been afforded the opportunity to exercise their franchise at a provincial council election for the first time after three decades.

 

 

Monitoring on the day of polling

·         3500 stationed observers

·         750 mobile observers

·         116 observers at divisional secretariat level

·         Eight international observers

Arrangements are in place to monitor the election in this manner. Barring stationed and mobile observers, all the other observers are already in action in the areas assigned to them.

Identification Documents acceptable for voting

As at any election, it is compulsory to produce any of the following identification documents for voting this time

01 - National Identity Card

02 - Valid Driving License

03 - Identity Cards issued for the clergy

04 - Pensioners’ Identity Cards

05 - Valid Passports

06 - Adults’ Identity Cards

07 - Temporary Identification Documents issued by the Election Commissioner in 2011(This has to be renewed with certification by respective Grama Seva Niladharis in keeping with the 2012 electoral register)  

08 - In the absence of any of these identification documents mentioned above, a temporary identification document issued by the Election Department and certified by GramaSevaNiladharis or estate superintendents

For private and public sector employees eligible to vote, leave should be approved for a minimum period of four hours to reach their polling stations for voting on the day of polling. We kindly request the authorities concerned to grant leave for such employees. Voters can exercise their franchise since morning on the day of polling by producing any of the identification documents mentioned above, together with their poll cards.  Even without poll cards, voters are allowed to mark their ballot papers after producing a valid identification documents.  We request you to make an intelligentdecision in marking your ballot papers for the election of candidates deemed qualified enough to serve in your areas.  After casting ballots, it is advisable for you to return to your places of stay without idling in groups here and there.

 

Special Complaint Units 

 The Election Department will also set up special units to entertain complaints on the day of polling.  Besides, PAFFREL has also established complaint units at district and divisional levels, and anyone can lodge their complaints with these units on the following telephone lines. Mentioned below are the contact numbers for making complaints.

 

See this link - www.paffrel.com/publication%20and%20reports-5-2--PR.html

 

District	Jaffna	Kilinochchi	Mannar	Vavuniya	Mullaitivu	Kandy	Nuwara-Eliya	Matale	Kurunegala	Puttalam
Phone	0112877076	0112877078	0112877081	0112877081	0112877078	0112877073	0112877051	0112877065	0112877065	0112877069
Fax	0112877053	0112877054	0112877061	0112877061	0112877054	0112877047	0112877075	0112877050	0112877041	0112877042

 

 

                   

 

PAFFREL Office (General)                                                            Northern Province 

0112514441/2, 0112512025                                                       Dushyanthan- 0775527790

Email: paffrel@sltnet.lk                                                                 Rishad-0778998457

Web : www.paffrel.lk

Special Compliant Units -PAFFREL                                            North Western Province

Upeksha- 0716889341                                                                 Thusitha Bandara0719433205/0113181532

Janaka-0718076593                                                                     Central Province

                                                                                                           Rajitha -071-9477950/ 011-3282532