A group of Army personnel had imprisoned Election Commissioner’s wife and daughter at Water’s Edge on election day
2010-02-04
He also said that the Election Commissioner’s daughter had been attacked by the Army personnel when she refused to leave the house.
The parliamentarian said that the incident had taken place around 12.30 a.m. on election night and they had been released at 5 p.m. on the 27th. The Election Commissioner it is learnt had also been taken to the Water’s Edge on the morning after the Presidential election and had later taken him back to the Elections Secretariat to make the announcement of the final results at 1.30 p.m on the 27th. The Commissioner and has family had been released after announcing President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s victory.
The parliamentarian said that the plan was mooted by Basil and Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. According to the plan, President Mahinda Rajapaksa was to win the election by 380,000 votes, but he finally ended up winning by a majority of 1.8 million votes due to a miscalculation by Basil.
During previous elections, the Election Commissioner has been seen at his office busily engaged in election related work and endorsing the final district results. However, this time around, no one has seen the Commissioner in action.
The final district results at the Presidential election have reportedly been endorsed by the deputy election commissioners.
