Peaceful electoral process marred by an uneven playing field: EU election observators

Nov 18, 2019 (LBO) – The European Union election observation mission (EU EOM) has concluded that the presidential election was largely free of violence and technically well-managed, but that unregulated campaign spending, abuse of state resources and media bias affected the level playing field. Presenting the mission’s preliminary statement in Colombo, Chief Observer Marisa Matias […]