Following Intelligence Reports: EC Chair orders increased security for candidates
Posted on October 28th, 2019

By J.T. de Silva Courtesy Ceylon Today

Election Commission Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya has ordered Acting Inspector General of Police Chandana Wickremaratna to immediately increase security to all 35 candidates contesting the 16 November Presidential Poll.

EC sources said already heavy security had been provided to most of the candidates.

They said that following discussions held by Deshapriya with secretaries of political parties recently, the former had decided to order the Acting IGP to provide additional security to all candidates.

On an earlier occasion, the Acting IGP had informed the EC that security provided for the nominees running for the election should be increased and the latter had informed the former to take necessary measures in this regard.

Informed sources said that besides Police security, Special Task Force personnel have also been deployed.

A senior official from the EC said that they had given these instructions to the Acting IGP based on intelligence reports they had received that security for the candidates should be further increased.

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