ACJU offers guidance to Muslim voters

The All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama (ACJU) has issued a statement offering guidance to Muslim voters at today’s Presidential Election. Following is the full text of the statement issued by ACJU Deputy Chairman Al Sheikh A.C. Agar Mohamed:

We are aware that the Presidential Election would be held on 16 November 2019. As citizens of Sri Lanka it is our right to cast our vote to our preferred candidate. We therefore urge all citizens who have obtained their voting right to utilise it by casting their votes without wasting. 

All voters are requested to cast their voting to their preferred candidate as early as possible within the stipulated timing without delaying. Further, provide the fullest support to the officers who are appointed on election duty and carry documents to produce which will prove your identity like the National Identification Card.

It is a mandatory requirement to show your identity when entering the polling booth, hence we kindly request the women folk who wear the face cover to cooperate with the officers by opening the face cover to confirm your identity when entering the polling booth. And also to be accompanied by a mahram when going to the polling booth. Further it is preferred to travel in vehicles as much as possible and return home without delay. This would perhaps help us to avoid any unhappy occurrence.  

After casting the votes, be engaged in useful activities, rather than loitering in the roads and public places; similarly also engage in prayers to ensure the successful candidate would be the one who is more committed to the nation, largely engaged for the betterment of the citizen, able and efficient to devote his best to build this nation and its citizens. 

We also kindly request the Ulama, trustees of the masjids and divisional branches of the ACJU, to advise and provide corrective guidance on above to the general public.