People’s Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL) urged the Election Commission to take steps to end the spread of fake postal voting results on social media.
The request comes in the wake of doctored reports being spread on social media, claiming to predict the outcome of the upcoming Presidential election.
The poll falsely attributed to the European Union (EU), stated that the National People’s Power (NPP) held the majority vote, with the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) party and Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) being second and third respectively.
PAFFREL said that In a letter to the Election Commission it is the responsibility of the Election Commission and the police to take appropriate action at the earliest opportunity.
Social media posts claim that the number of votes received by various candidates in the Sri Lankan presidential election was available just hours after postal voting started.
However, all these pots are fabricated, and as the election commission has clearly stated, the postal voting counting will only commence on the evening of September 21st, after the voting is concluded for the presidential election.
