National Election Monitoring Centre Media Spokesperson Attorney-at-law Chandrasiri Silva stated that election violence has no effect on the Jan. 8 presidential election. He was speaking at media briefing held in Colombo on Wednesday.

The spokesperson stated that anyone can monitor election violence through the Sri Lanka Police website, and he added that election violence has been committed by both parties.

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