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the date of proclamation of the election by the President on 09.02.2010 extendingup to 08.04.2010. ‘Public resources’ according to the said circular includes statebuildings, vehicles and government employees.2. Guidelines were issued to the electronic and print media on 17.02.2010instructing the media organisations to abide by the same when broadcasting,telecasting and publishing matters pertaining to the elections.3. On 12.03.2010 a further directive was issued by the Commissioner of Electionsto the IGP to remove all illegal election propaganda material by 15.03.2010.Despite the directives and guidelines issued by the Commissioner of Elections forthe purpose of ensuring the integrity of the election process, the specific abusesnoted below points to the blatant non-conformity to the directives and guidelines.4. SPECIFIC INSTANCES OF ABUSESAs of March 24, 2010, the PPPR has received over 126 complaints from the publicand its investigators concerning various abuses of public resources and violationsof election laws/guidelines by the candidates.The following is the verified information.4.1 USE OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEESThe PPPR received over 20 complaints of summoning government employees onthe pretext of an official meeting for propaganda meetings of candidates.4.1.1 TEACHERS- Mr.Jayatissa Karunamuni, Director of Education, Negombo Zone, had summonedthe Principals of the Schools within the Zone for a meeting at the Teachers’ Centrein Bolawalana on 04.03.2010. He had instructed school principals to submit lists ofteachers from their tutorial staff who may attend an educational meetingscheduled for the 10.03.2010 at the Negombo Town Hall. A printed form wasdistributed among the principals for this purpose. On 10.03.2010 the teachers inthe Negombo Education Zone were transported in CTB buses free of charge to theNegambo Town Hall at 10am. Former Deputy Minister, Civil Aviation, SarathKumara Gunaratne had addressed the gathering emphasizing the type of political-100-