Polls chief to assess overall situation in East

By Ananth Palakidnar

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A top level meeting will be convened by the Commissioner of Elections Dayananda Dissanayake with election officials in the Eastern province in Colombo tomorrow to assess the overall situation and the polls related arrangements made by the Department of Elections in the region.

Commissioner Dissanayake will brief senior election officials from the districts of Batticaloa, Trincomalee and Ampara on the arrangements that were in place to hold the Provincial Council polls in the East on May 10 where around one million voters are expected to cast their votes, informed sources said.

According to sources the election campaign which began with the submission of nominations for the polls on March 13, will end on May 7 midnight.

The sources also added that compared to the recent local Government polls in the Batticaloa district the campaign in Batticaloa, Trincomalee and Ampara was very active despite certain isolated incidents.

Security for the May 10 polls in the East has been strengthened and the Security top brass is also expected to air their views at the Election Chief’s meeting tomorrow in Colombo.

Meanwhile, the training sessions for Assistant Returning Officers in all three districts are currently in progress and more officials from other parts of the country are expected to join the officials from the three districts to carry out election duties.