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Election meetings not monitored: PHIs

14 Jul 2020

 

- PHIs complain of lack of powers to act without gazette

- Gazette expected to give legal powers to take action

  Public health inspectors (PHIs) said they did not monitor election-related meetings held during the past few weeks due to the delay of the Ministry of Health in providing them with the necessary legal powers to take action against those who violate the health guidelines. Speaking to The Morning, PHI’s Union of Sri Lanka (PHIUSL) President Upul Rohana said that at present, the health guidelines issued by the authorities are not legally binding, despite the continuous requests made by them. “Our officers cannot take a risk when they don’t have a legal right to take any action against any person who violates any of the guidelines and therefore, the officers withdrew from election-related activities such as monitoring meetings and rallies,” he noted. However, the PHIUSL has not yet taken a final decision on whether to withdraw from election day activities. “We will take a final decision soon,” he noted. Without having any legal power to control, if there’s something wrong or they can’t take action against a person who violates such rules, there is no point of monitoring, Rohana stressed. On several occasions, the PHIs had demanded that their powers be increased by issuing a gazette under the Quarantine and Prevention of Diseases Ordinance. Several rounds of discussion had also taken place, but no final decision has been reached as yet. The gazette was to be issued as soon as the guidelines were issued last month as a request made by the Election Commission (EC) and the PHIs as they continuously demand to give a legal approach to those guidelines to make it easier for them to maintain public health as well as to conduct the election as per the guidelines.

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