National Coordinator of Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) Manjula Gajanayake states that it is a concern that the officials have chosen to stay silent at a time when the proposed replacement candidate of late Arumugan Thondaman in the General Election for the Ceylon Working Congress (CWC) has been parading in an open vehicle in a number of electorates in the hill country and has been violating election laws and quarantine laws out in the open.
He further elaborated that an Election Commission has been set up to take action then and there and not to wait until complaints come to them.
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The official from CMEV went on, saying that it’s still a pre-election campaign period since the 02nd of March and it is evident that the police instead of saying that people who don’t maintain one meter distance will be arrested and that the quarantine laws will strictly be implemented, are now helpless and watching drama unfold without any interference from them.
It is noteworthy that there was a huge outrage on social media about the funeral procession being allowed in the first place and no social distancing being maintained.
Death is common to all. The ensuing grieving is also common to all (bereaved families).
So what makes a Politician greater ? And what makes us Voters lesser ? Normal full crowd funerals in #SriLanka #lka from today onwards ???
One law for All !!!
🤔🤔🤔 pic.twitter.com/sGs5Z6NAWI— Kumar de Silva (@kumardesilva) May 29, 2020
Many had questioned the police’s inability to interfere in this, while the police has been actively arresting individuals who have violated curfew and Quarantine regulations.
