EU election observation mission to Sri Lanka in 2001

Tea plantation in the mountains
Tea plantation in the mountains

At the invitation of the Government of Sri Lanka, the European Union established a mission to observe the parliamentary elections there on 5 December 2001.

President Kumaratunga dissolved the Sri Lankan Parliament on 10 October 2001, exactly one year after the previous election, and announced new elections for 5 December 2001.

The EU EOM was headed by Chief Observer John Cushnahan MEP (IE), a member of the European Parliament (MEP).

The observers were deployed throughout the country. They met government and electoral officials, candidates and political parties, civil society representatives and the media.

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