Additional Elections Commissioner R.M.A.L. Ratnayake has declared that stern legal action will be initiated against those who engage in campaigning flouting election regulations. He said that special election officers in collaboration with the Police are monitoring such activities.
Mr. Ratnayake said that all election offices set up at the electoral level should be dismantled from midnight today. Only one office established at the District level can be maintained from tomorrow. Only one office at the District level can be operative for the candidates.
The residence of the candidate can also be maintained as an office. However, he said that no posters, banners or cutouts can be displayed at these offices. The name of the candidate, the political symbol and the preference number can be displayed at the office established at the District level. He added that officials of the Elections Department and the Police have been deployed to examine all locations.
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