I would think that election monitors in Sri Lanka during this election period would be very valuable. We've seen in the past a lot of violence directed at individuals trying to exercise the right to vote. There was a lot of violence directed at Tamil parliamentarians who have been elected as MPs. We've seen a number of them being assassinated. There's definitely a threat to democracy, to the right to vote in Sri Lanka, and I think an election monitor would go a long way towards ensuring that democracy and the right to vote are respected, at least during this election period.
