A Grain Of Salt
Poster removal by police, photo by Perambara
Commenters and some bloggers have made valid complaints that I’m using this blog to campaign after the deadline. I’ve tried to avoid overt campaigning, but I guess they have a point. I’ve tried to restrict my commentary for the past few days to a peaceful election, but I am sitting in the UNP office, which is pretty partisan. I’m only reporting on election violence, a lot of which is absolute hearsay. So here is a grain of salt.
Generally
The election has been generally peaceful. Appalling by most international standards, but better than most elections and reasonably well monitored. There are a ton of allegations going around, but no photos and all unconfirmed. I’ve tried to make that clear that these are just things I’m hearing, I can’t confirm any of it. It’s more just a record in case stuff goes wrong.
I am embedded in the UNP war room, but I think someone could just as easily be embedded with the SLFP. I’m just here cause that’s where the information is coming in from the polling monitors. I’m making it public just to get it out there and hopefully discourage actual fraud from happening, though any effect is tiny and more just from having it in the record. I am, however, a UNP and Sarath supporter and you should be aware of that.
Is it campaigning?
I dunno. I think the goal is to just ensure that people can vote, not necessarily to vote in any particular way. I’m also not a part of the SF campaign, and I think bloggers and citizens can continue talking about the election, even during the election. But please, these posts are just a stream of information coming in, not very processed. It’s like drinking from a hose and I don’t trust any information I’m getting, it’s an atmosphere of great uncertainty. Please take this blog critically, and with a grain of salt.
Bad. It seems that SF has not registered to vote. LMAO!
If SF is not registered to vote mostly it can be because the stupid Election Commissioner’s department has updated their lists ages ago when SF was in service. Those in forces and Police never get registered from their homes because they use postal voting. So it is not SF’s fault, it is the fault of the dumb Election Commissioner whose system is useless.
SF might not be the only one not deprived of his vote. There are so many 18+ olds. Dumb Dumb Dumb Election Commissioner. When do we get rid of this moron?
Mr. Surath
I guess that you are not in SL. Election commissioner’s office do not go after people to register voters. People should fill up house hold lists annually in order to be updated in the voters register. Even service men and women also do that where ever they live. Since they cannot go to the respective polling station, they do postal voting. It is not ages, last list was updated in2008.
BREAKING NEWS – SARATH FONSEKA or his family not registered as avoters in Sri Lanka soil, Legal Experts now questioning his eligibility to run for election”"
This is funny!!!
Is it campaigning?- absolutely ye s!!!! you have done cognitive studies , where is your cognition in this situation.