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?????????????????????????????????????????????????Sunday, August 31, 2014
Election offices attacked by gunmen in unmarked vehicles – CaFFE
Expressing disappointment over continuous attacks targeting opposition
parties ahead of the Uva Provincial Council polls, the Campaign for Free
and Fair Elections (CaFFE) says that 9 election offices of opposition
political parties have been attacked in Wellawaya and Moneragala between
August 29 and 30.
It said that five Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) offices and four
United National Party (UNP) offices were torched and that three of them
have been completely destroyed.
Last week 21 election offices of opposition political parties were
attacked within 72 hours in Moneragala district, most of the attacks
were concentrated in Bibile electorate.
CaFFE said these attacks were carried out by gunmen traveling in
unmarked vehicles and that it has written to the Commissioner of
Elections and the IGP, thrice, informing them regarding a large number
of vehicles without number plates or with garage numbers engaged in
electioneering in Uva Province.
“Despite assurances given that action would be taken, CaFFE observed
such vehicles in four separate occasions in Keppetipola, Bandarawela,
Wellawaya- Buttala road and Bibile Medagama road on August 29 and 30,”
the election watchdog said, in a statement today.
The Commissioner of Elections has asked the IGP to deploy additional
policemen to Moneragala and to establish road blocks. While the police
assured that such action has been taken, CaFFE says it has not noticed
any arrests or a reduction of attacks on elections offices.
“Although police patrol logs were to be placed in registered election
offices of opposition political parties, this has not occurred till
today (31),” it said.
JVP election office, hosted at Mr. Vimalasena’s house at Unawatuna
Bodiya, Kuda Oya, Buttala, was attacked on 00.30 hours on August 30.
Around the same time the JVP office in Puhulkotuwa, Halmillewa, Buttala
was attacked and completely destroyed.
Meanwhile the office hosted by JVP candidate Palliyaguruge Wijesiri at
Maduraketiya, Moneragala has been attacked thrice so far. JVP offices in
Hamburugala and Ellekona have also been attacked on the same day.
Office of opposition leader of Wellawaya Pradesheeya Sabha, UNPer Roy
Kavinda was attacked on August 29. The office situated at Etiliwewa
junction is the biggest UNP office in Wellawaya. The UNP offices in
Malwattawa junction, Anapallama and Kitulkote were also attacked on
August 29.
Meanwhile the office of independent candidate WM Udaya Kumara, at 17
junction, Okkampitiya was also attacked, CaFFE said, while expressing
its disappointment at the continuous attacks on the opposition and the
lack of action taken to stop these attacks.