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Thursday, December  10,  2009
      Editorial:Mammon and accountability
The Elections Department yesterday dismissed claims that about 2.6 million voters would not be able to exercise their franchise at the presidential election, unless they were issued with at least a temporary identity card by the Registrar of Persons.
A section of the press recently quoted Registrar of Persons A. G. Dharmadasa as saying that 2.6 million voters were without any form of identification, including the National Identity Card (NIC). He went on to say that government approval had ...
General (Rtd)Sarath Fonseka,is received by Opposition Leader of the Western Provincial Council,Rosie Senanayake, on arrival at the J. R. Jayewardena Center yesterday, to address the women’s organisations of the UNF and JVP.
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