Common Opposition Expressed Displeasure Over Not Removing Political Cutouts And Banners

The common opposition has today(14) claimed that despite the orders of Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya to the police to remove all the political cutouts and banners related to the upcoming presidential elections displayed in cities,still a large number of such cutouts and pandals have been openly display in most parts of the country.

According to the opposition around 1000 political cutouts and 12 pandals of incumbent president are being  displayed  in Maharagama City alone.Although the elections commissioner have been instructed the Police to remove all these cutouts with immediate effect ,Police have not taken any action in this regard up to now the Opposition Parties have charged.

Meanwhile the common opposition has today requested from the elections commissioner to remove all digital billboards on roadsides and to stop telecasting live coverage of rallies attended by the ruling party leaders as it's a violation of the election law.

Addressing a media briefing held in Colombo today the  former minister of Hela Urumaya Party Patali Champika Ranawake has said that the presidential elections campaign had turned worse with increasing trend of violence.