Live telecast of nomination day biased, say election monitors

(December 18, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) The Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) has protested strongly against the biased and partisan nature in which the live telecast of the proceedings on nomination day was aired by the national television station Rupavahini.

“The access and rights to telecast this important national occasion had only been granted to the State owned Rupavahini Channel. They have used this honourable occasion in a very biased and partisan manner currently, CaFFE” said in a statement.

The election monitoring group said that although every Presidential Candidate should get an equal amount of importance during the live telecast of the presidential nomination event only one candidate was given importance.

” Not displaying the names of some candidates and their picture next to their name while displaying the name and picture of select candidates was a glaring obvious example of this biased and partisan conduct,” CaFFE said.

-Sri Lanka Guardian