Colombo, Sep 20 (UNI) Altogether 32 short-term observers have been sent by the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to every electoral district in Sri Lanka for the presidential election scheduled for Saturday, the EU EOM said.
The EU observers will watch the election day procedures, including the opening of polling places, voting, and ballot counting, as well as the tallying of results, during the silent campaign period.
“The short-term observers who are reinforcing our mission today will visit towns and villages in all nine provinces of Sri Lanka, and their observations will be vital for the mission to make a comprehensive, well-informed assessment of this very important election day,” Inta Lase, Deputy Chief Observer of the EU EOM Sri Lanka 2024, said in a statement.