Summary of incidents recorded by CMEV from 13th of July to 25th of July 3.30pm Major incidents: 20 Minor incidents: 103 Incident involving firearms: 2 Download full report here.Filed under: Press Reports, Situation Updates Tagged: General Election 2015
On 18th September 2013 at 11.30 a.m: Northern Province, Jaffna Electoral District, Chavakachchari Electorate at Mirisuvil Durgaiamman Kovil, Chavakachchari. Mr. Arunachalam Balakumaran, Member of Chavachacheri Urban Council (TNA) – a witness to the incident- reported that, around 12.00 p.m, a group of 25 to 30 people were distributing UPFA propaganda material near the Mirisuvil Durgaiamman Kovil in Chavakachchari. Mr. Arunachalam Balakumaran alleged ...
Summary of incidents recorded by CMEV from 13th of July to 13th of August 3.30pm. Major incidents: 135 Minor incidents: 624 Firearms involved: 10 Download the full report here.Filed under: Press Reports, Situation Updates Tagged: General Election 2015
Since the registration process of voters has been just finalized by the Department of Elections, they have started the registration process of IDPs living in both Northern & Eastern provinces. As amended by the Act of registration of Electors, No.27 of 2013 and the (Special Provisions) Act and according to the Registration of Electors, No.44 of 1980, a supplementary electoral list ...
To: Leaders and Secretaries of all political parties Contesting the Uva Provincial Council Election 2014 And the Inspector General of Police (IGP) 12th August 2014 Dear Sirs, Request to take appropriate action to prevent violations of election law and ensure the safety of election officials As you are aware, there have been several reports of threats to election officials in ...
Summary of incidents recorded by CMEV from 13th of July to 04th of August 3.30pm. Major incidents: 87 Minor incidents: 383 Firearms involved: 7 Download the full report here.Filed under: Press Reports, Situation Updates Tagged: General Election 2015
CMEV headquarters, 21 September, 4.15pm Update of violations on the day of the Northern Provincial Council Election in English with a summary of incidents between the hours of 7am to 3pm Filed under: Situation Update
CMEV’s map of election violations on the day of Northern Provincial Council elections is now live, and can be accessed here New violations will be added as and when they are verified and published by CMEV. Filed under: Situation Update
CMEV’s map of election violations on the day of the Northern Provincial Council election is now live, and can be accessed here. New violations will be added as and when they are verified and published by CMEV. Filed under: Maps, Situation Update
The blatant misuse of public resources by the re-election campaign of President Mahinda Rajapaksa is recorded below. The following letter was sent by the General Secretary of Sri Lanka Freedom Transport Union Nimal Abyesiri. As noted in the media, Abyesiri is a district organizer of the SLFP for Colombo District. The video below shows the transportation of UPFA supporters using ...
CMEV headquarters, 21 September, 9.30 am Manjula Gajanayake head of operations at the Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV), speaks on the ground situation on polling day. Filed under: Situation Update
Download a PDF of this letter here. ### H.E Maithripala Sirisena President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Presidential Secretariat” Colombo 01 10th January 2015 Your Excellency, Request for a Depoliticised Public Service and Introduction of Reforms We write to you as two independent election monitoring bodies which have monitored elections in Sri Lanka for several years and ...
Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) was formed in 1997 by the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA), the Free Media Movement (FMM) and the Coalition Against Political Violence as an independent and non- partisan organisation to monitor the incidents of election related violence. Currently, CMEV is made up of CPA and INFORM Human Rights Documentation Centre. CMEV monitors all ...
Summary of incidents recorded by CMEV from 13th of July to 07th of August 3.30pm. Major incidents: 103 Minor incidents: 463 Firearms involved: 8 Download the full report here.Filed under: Press Reports, Situation Updates Tagged: General Election 2015
NDI-USA has just published Monitoring and Mitigating Electoral Violence through Nonpartisan Citizen Election Observation. This is a guide book informed by lessons learnt around election monitoring shared by international election observers who attended a workshop held in Bangkok in 2013. The Executive Director of CPA, Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, was also part of this workshop. NDI-USA visited CMEV to gather ...
On 17thSeptember 2013 at 12.45 a.m: Northern Province, Jaffna Electoral District, and Karainagar Electorate at Kovalam. The residence of Karainagar Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Velayudam Anaimugan (TNA) was stoned at about 12.45 a.m by a group of unknown persons. Mr. Anaimugan stated that while he was returning from the TNA election meeting held near the Sivakamy Amman Temple at about around 10.30 p.m the previous night (16th September ...
The Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) can now be reached over Telegram, a secure messaging app that’s completely free to use. Download Telegram here (available for Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Windows, Linux, Apple OS X). Connect with us via +94 727772810 or by searching for our username, CMEVSL, in the app. CMEV will continue to use WhatsApp (see here ...
