Final report of EU on polls next week

08 Oct, 2015

The European Union Election Observation Mission to Sri Lanka will present its final report on the Parliamentary Elections held in August, on?Saturday October 17, the EU said.?.??The report will be presented by Cristian Preda, Chief Observer of the European Union Election Observation Mission to Sri Lanka and Member of European Parliament.?Following an invitation from the Commissioner of Elections, the European Union Election Observation Mission was established on 15 July and was made up of 85 observers deployed in all 22 electoral districts. (Colombo Gazette)

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