Elections Commissioner declares District Secretariat areas as HSZ
[TamilNet, Friday, 26 February 2010, 06:42 GMT]
Twenty-two district secretariats in the island are declared as special
High Security Zones (HZS) from Friday, according to instructions issued by
the Commissioner of Elections. Friday is the final day to submit
nominations for the forthcoming general election. Submitting
nominations by registered political parties and independent groups
began on February 19.
Approach roads to the District Secretariats in the twenty-two
districts will be closed for security reasons. The Elections
Commissioner has requested the political parties to have the District
leader and three other representatives for the handing of nominations. The general election to elect 225-member parliament will be held on
April 8th.
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