Campaigning ahead of the presidential elections is scheduled to conclude by midnight on Jan. 5, 2015.

Additional Elections Commissioner U. Amaradasa said that no election propaganda can be carried out after this deadline.

The final campaign rallies of the two front-runners of the Presidential Election are scheduled to be held Jan. 5. General Secretary of the United People’s Freedom Alliance Minister Susil Premajayantha said that the final campaign rally to garner support for President Mahinda Rajapaksa will be held in the Piliyandala town.

Meanwhile, Parliamentarian Dr. Rajitha Senaratne said that several rallies of New Democratic Front Presidential Candidate Maithripala Sirisena will be held in Matara, Galle, Kalutara and Colombo, while the final campaign rally of Maithripala Sirisena will held opposite Tower Hall in Maradana.

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