Added: May 13, 2008
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Duration: 1:38
Representatives of the Asian Elections Federation have said that the Eastern Provincial election had been conducted in a free and fair manner and with transparency. Foreign monitors carried out their work on election day and the day before polls in all three Districts of the Province. The group comprised 17 monitors from 10 Asian countries. They emphasised that no pre-election or post-election violence had been reported from the region. The Foreign Monitors were addressing a media conference at the Galadari Hotel in Colombo. Head of the Monitoring Group Ming Hua Sai, Teresita De Liyako Flores and General Ayub Azil addressed the journalists. They said they were satisfied that a peaceful and democratic election had been held in the East, which was earlier a war zone. They expressed their gratitude to the Election Commissioner for his untiring efforts in this respect. Senior Advisor in Philippines Teresita De Liyako Flores said they are actually satisfied over the situation that prevailed in the East. The poll was conducted peacefully and in a systematic manner. It was very clear to them that the election was free and fair due to the monitoring of areas in Batticaloa where less civilians lived. Deputy Chairman of the Afghan Election Commission General Ayub Azil said they had no complaints to be made on the poll. It was a beautiful day the election was held. There were no incidents during polling. The election was transparent. Commissioner of the Asian Election Monitoring Federation Ming Hua Sai said several organisations including PAFFREL monitored the election and in general it was held peacefully.
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