Uva, Jaffna and Vavuniya :

Postal voting on July 27, 28

by L. S. Ananda WEDAARACHCHI

Postal voting in Uva, Jaffna and Vavuniya will be held on July 27, 28. The ballot papers for postal voters will be issued from July 15, according to the Department of Elections.Government Agent, Badulla Rohana Keerthi Dissanayake said that 17,422 applications for postal voting have already been received and 16,054 were accepted. According to the Assistant Elections Commissioner of the Moneragala Secretariat 10,700 postal voting applications were received and 8,843 were accepted.‘There will be a special awareness program on election rules and regulations on July 20 for representatives of political parties and Independent groups - which are contesting the forthcoming Uva Provincial Council elections, said GA Badulla.

UPFA General Secretary’ Education Minister Susil Premajayanth said that the Uva election campaign is being led by him and Power and Energy Minister John Seneviratna. Pocket meetings and house to house campaigns are in progress. Massive rallies under the patronage of the President will be made known in due course, he said.

The UPFA General Secretary said that the Jaffna LG polls campaign is being led by Minister Douglas Devananda, Minister Rishad Badiudeen and Vavuniya District Parliamentarian Sumathipala leads the Vavuniya LG polls campaign, he said.

UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayaka said that the UNP will commence its Uva Province elections campaign on July 17.

There will be 10 major rallies under the patronage of Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe in Uva, he said. Assistant Elections Commissioner, Vavuniya A. S. Karunanidhi said that an exclusive seven-day training program for senior presiding officers, chief counting officers and special voting officers commenced on July 7 at the Vavuniya Secretariat.

The UPFA and UNP have already opened their election offices in Vavuniya while the UPFA opened its election office in Thekkawaththa. The UNP opened its office in Maharambakulam.