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Foreign observers begin work
Polls observers representing the European Union and the Commonwealth are arriving in the country ahead of the April 2 general elections.

Those who have already arrived are meeting political party representatives, Elections Department officials, members of local polls monitoring groups and the police.

John Cushnahan, head of the 67-strong EU polls observer team, said the observers with a cumulative experience of more than 1000 elections throughout the world, were from 13 of the 15 EU member-states.

He said the observers would be deployed in teams of two to monitor the opening of polling stations, voting process, counting of ballots and the tabulation of votes at local and national level. Mr. Cushnahan said he would visit Jaffna, Batticaloa and Trincomalee over the weekend to assess the situation there.

Meanwhile the 14-member Commonwealth team met Elections Commissioner on Thursday and discussed matters regarding their mission.
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