A complaint was filed terday (18) by former Minister and SJB MP Rishad Bathiudeen at the Human Rights Commission regarding 7727 voters who were prevented intentionally from voting in their ancestral villages.
The All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) leader wrote to the Elections Commission, condemning the “unjust” act of removing the names of 7,727 residents originally from the Northern District and demanded that necessary steps be taken to register the individuals in their native electoral lists.
Bathiudeen indicated that although many individuals displaced by the armed conflict had since been resettled in their home towns, many have been temporarily relocated to Puttalam due to inadequate infrastructure development.
Bathiudeen noted that individuals registered in the Northern Province were able to vote in Puttalam in previous elections, and demanded that the same be done going forward, adding that provisions were made for over 6,000 Mannar residents to vote in Puttalam during the Parliamentary elections in August 2020.
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