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Monday, March 01, 2010 - 04.05 GMT |
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UPFA candidates
pledge free & fair election campaign without
violence |
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All
candidates
of the
ruling
party
United
People's
Freedom
Alliance
(UPFA)
yesterday
pledged
to
conduct
a free
and fair
election
campaign
without
violence
for the
forthcoming
general
election
on April
8.
Following
religious
observances
of all
faiths
held in
Anuradhapura,
all the
UPFA
candidates,
governors
and
chief
ministers
of all
provinces
gathered
at the
President's
House in
Anuradhapura
and gave
this
pledge
together
with
President
Mahinda
Rajapaksa.
Meanwhile
National
Polls
Observation
Center (NPOC),
an
election
monitoring
organization
in Sri
Lanka
said
that the
nomination
period
for the
forthcoming
parliamentary
election
was
generally
peaceful
and it
will
continue
to
monitor
the
election
process
closely.
General
Secretary
of the
UPFA
Susil
Premajayantha,
said the
alliance
has
advised
its
candidates
and
supporters
to honor
the
election
laws and
refrain
from
engaging
in any
violent
practices.
"We have
also
advised
all of
our
candidates
to
remove
their
all
cutouts
and
posters
at the
end of
the
nomination
period,"
he said.
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