Posts shared on social media about my manifesto are all fake – Venerable Battaramulle Seelarathana Thero
Posted on October 14th, 2019
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Leader of the Janasetha Peramuna, Venerable Battaramulle
Seelarathana Thero informed Campaign for Free and Fair Election (CaFFE) that
posts shared on social media on his election manifesto are false.
This seems to be a deliberate ploy to embarrass his party by an organized
group, the Thera told CaFFE. “The thera added that these social media
posts have become extremely popular and now its almost impossible for the party
to inform the people of their real policies,” CaFFE Acting Executive
Director, Manas Makeen said.
CaFFE insists that such deliberate misinformation campaigns are extremely
dangerous and that immediate steps should be taken to address these concerns.
Meanwhile CaFFE Director, Surangika Ariyawansha said that they have received
information that a number ofsystematic misinformation and fake news campaigns
have been unleashed to deceive voters. She says that systematic misinformation
and fake news poses a serious problem for free and fair elections. “We
plan to provide information we have to the National ElectionCommission (NEC) so
that they can take immediate steps,” she said.
CaFFE has received 161 complaints and most of them are incidents of election
law violations and misuse of state property
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