Centre for Policy Alternatives on 31 January, 2010 Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu and Mr. D.M. Dissanayake, respectively the co-convenor and national coordinator of CMEV give their first impressions of voter turnout and violence at the polls over the course of the day. See the video here – http://cmev.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/video-at-the-end-of-polling-day-26-january-2010/
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 31 January, 2010 Read this report as a PDF here. ### CMEV has received the following reports from the field: Eastern Province Batticaloa District: Kalkudah Electroate: SLMC supporter Mr. Mohamad Ismail was attacked by a group of UPFA supporters at around 10:55 am about 20m away from the Oddamavadi Central College Polling Station (Polling Centre 69). CMEV spoke […]
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 31 January, 2010 CMEV co-convenor Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu and coordinator D.M. Dissanayake speak on incidents of election violence half-way into voting on the 26th of January 2010. Click here for videos – http://cmev.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/videos-of-ground-situation-mid-day-26-january-presidential-election-2010/
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 31 January, 2010 Read this in full as a PDF here. Map of location here. ### 3rd Media Communiqué, 26th January 2010, 1030Hrs CMEV received reports of multiple explosions in Nallur, Uduppidy, Manipay, Vaddukottai, Chavakachcheri and Tellipallai. CMEV’s mobile teams were dispatched to a number of locations where the attacks had reportedly taken place. CMEV teams verified damages […]
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 31 January, 2010 Read this press release in full as a PDF here. Map location here. ### Vaddukottai, Chavakachcheri and Tellipallai. CMEV’s mobile teams were dispatched to a number of locations where the attacks had reportedly taken place. CMEV teams verified damages at the following locations. A push bike parked overnight in front of the polling station, J/Chunnakam […]
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 25 January, 2010 Regular audio updates / podcasts of our election monitoring and incidents reported from the field in English, Sinhala and Tamil are now live here. These updates can be downloaded as MP3s for broadcast, listened to online, embedded on any website and social networking platform, emailed or easily linked to. Special incidents will also be covered […]
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 25 January, 2010 Map of election day violence and incidents reported from the ground here – http://cmev.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/map-of-election-day-violence/