SLT denies that election results could be cooked

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Sri Lanka Telecom PLC (SLT) today categorically denied an item published on a website alleging that those who know the SLT terminal line password could alter the results of today’s presidential election.

SLT Group Chief Executive Officer Lalith De Silva, at a hurriedly called media briefing at the SLT Head Office in Colombo, said that they were making arrangements to take legal action against the particular website.

“Initially, as was our duty, we informed Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya on Wednesday about the issue. He called us for a meeting yesterday, where he also agreed that the allegation was false and condemned the act. We will decide what legal action to take against the website later on,” he said.

He said Mr. Deshapriya had averred that his decision to assign the SLT as the telecommunication network provider for election purposes was taken because of the trustworthiness of the company.

Mr. Silva said that these allegations at a time close to the poll would damage the image of the company and also impact on the credibility of the poll results, especially internationally.

Elaborating, Chief Network Officer Priyantha Fernando said they were in no position to alter the election results but that those who didn’t sufficient technical knowledge would be misled by the article.

“The article specifically says that the SLT could only alter results by ‘faxes’. This is not possible and is a completely false statement. We don’t connect routers to the PSTN as alleged in the article. And even if the fax were altered, the emails and the results received through other means would be the same,” he said. (Lahiru Pothmulla)

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Comments - 22

Thomas Thursday, 08 January 2015 10:21 AM

NO JILMART THIS TIME, please

comcerened Saturday, 10 January 2015 12:01 PM

miracle of asia

concerened Saturday, 10 January 2015 12:00 PM

MIRACLE OF ASIA

chilla Friday, 09 January 2015 08:45 AM

i like u!!!

Fair N Square Thursday, 08 January 2015 01:52 PM

TRUE... its been full of lies..coz the INCUMBENT lied through his teeth... Change will happen IF the election is fair with NO jilmart and stuffing of ballot boxes... case in point..mathugama, where fake marked ballot papers were found and 3 ppl arrested....

Shooraya Thursday, 08 January 2015 01:13 PM

This election was full of lies to oust the incumbent at any cost.

Amdon Thursday, 08 January 2015 11:48 AM

Can we trust anyone?

mailman Thursday, 08 January 2015 11:01 AM

In the miracle of Asia anything is possible. via DM Android App

Mason Thursday, 08 January 2015 10:51 AM

Polling Chief has assured that a copy of the results to be faxed would be given to the agents of respective candidates, hence the results relayed/televised over the system cannot be different and has to be accepted.

Manjula Thursday, 08 January 2015 10:49 AM

Looks like the election losers are already starting excuses for their loss. Supporters of the losers please come up and help those excuses by name calling and mud slinging. Hurry up !

Chandu Thursday, 08 January 2015 10:35 AM

Mr Lalith, how we can believe the trust worthiness of your company when considering the way your company act during the election campaign.

patriot Wednesday, 07 January 2015 10:26 PM

Oppositions simply too imaginative. unthinkable.

chandra Thursday, 08 January 2015 10:10 AM

Lack of Knowledge leads to believe falls propaganda.

Freebird Thursday, 08 January 2015 09:56 AM

No smoke without fire via DM Android App

abr Thursday, 08 January 2015 09:35 AM

Election commissioner promised that a copy of the count result of each polling both would be given to agents of each candidate. All that needs to be done is to ensure that the count at each centre tallies after entering data in the system.

CV Thursday, 08 January 2015 07:55 AM

Prove it Mr.. Anything can happen.. Just a call away..

EDS Thursday, 08 January 2015 07:09 AM

Well, looks like opposition has finally gone mad!

linda Thursday, 08 January 2015 05:39 AM

WE DONT BELEIVE SLT

Nims Thursday, 08 January 2015 03:06 AM

Why cannot the EC change the password immediately????

Euclid Thursday, 08 January 2015 01:40 AM

Political appointees can go very low and anything is possible.

Lima Thursday, 08 January 2015 01:00 AM

HOW CAN YOU SLT SAY THAT , THEY WERE SILENT TILL THE NEWS ITEM APPEARED , NO SMOKE WITHOUT FIRE , WE ALL KNOW

dona Wednesday, 07 January 2015 11:22 PM

we do not trust you.

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