Prime Minister under probe over alleged election law violation
Posted on May 5th, 2025

Courtesy Daily Mirror

Colombo, May 5 (Daily Mirror) – Sri Lanka’s main election monitoring body, the People’s Action for Free and Fair Election (PAFFREL), has requested the Election Commission to inquire into the complaint that Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya violated election laws by asking her party’s supporters to campaign even during the silent period.

PAFFREL has written to Election Commission Chairman R.M.A.L. Ratnayake in this regard.

We have monitored that Prime Minister Amarasuriya has made a remark which could be seen as encouraging her supporters to engage in campaign even after the silent period from May 3 2025. The Premier’s remark is an act of encouraging her supporters to violate electoral law while she has neglected the law herself,” PAFFREL Executive Director Rohana Hetiarachchi said in his letter.

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