PC elections 2014 - postal voting for public officers

The following is the media release issued by the Elections Secretariat on the facilities to vote by post: “The period for receiving of applications from those entitled to vote by post at the Western and Southern Provincial Council elections is scheduled to end on 10.02.2014. The last date will not be extended again under any circumstance.

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Western and Southern PC elections:

Politicians’ children, actresses in the fray

As the nominations dates for the forthcoming elections for the Western and Southern Provincial Councils - the most political sensitive provinces in the country - draw closer, major political parties are now engaged in a most difficult task of preparing the nominations lists to be filed before the Elections Department from January 31 to February 6.

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Celluloid stardom, not a qualification for politics - Minister Seneviratne

Public Administration and Home Affairs Minister W.D.J. Seneviratne said US Ambassador for Global Criminal Justice Stephen Rapp's recent visit to Sri Lanka was a one-sided mission fulfilled by a US envoy. The Minister in an interview with the Sunday Observer said the main reason for Rapp's visit to Sri Lanka was to find facts to base the resolution to be put forward at the next UNHRC sessions in March,

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