7,000 election monitors for the Local Government Election

Election monitoring organizations say that 7,000 independent observers will be deployed to monitor the Local Government Election.

Executive director of election monitoring body People's Action for Free & Fair Elections (PAFFREL) Rohana Hettiarachchi said steps will be taken to increase the number of election observers deployed at district level, from next week.

He said a majority of the observers will be deployed on election day.

Hettiarachchi added however the observers will also cover the period leading up to the election and the post election period.