During the visit they met the Trincomalee District Secretary N.A.A. Pushpakumara and had discussions with regard to the forthcoming Parliamentary Election activities.

Trincomalee Additional District Secretary G.A.S. Arul Raza, Deputy Election Commissioner Sajith Welgama were also present on this occasion.

The observers of EU EOM to Sri Lanka will be deployed to all nine provinces, where they will be meeting government and electoral officials, candidates and representatives from political parties~ They will also meet with civil society and the media They will conduct a comprehensive analysis of the electoral process based on a long-term observation and a methodology developed by the EU over many years. This analysis will include aspects such as the legal framework, the work of the election administration, the role of State institutions and civil society, the campaign activities, the conduct of the media, the voting and the counting, the complaints and appeals process and the announcement of the results.