{"id":106927,"date":"2013-09-22T15:49:39","date_gmt":"2013-09-22T10:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=106927"},"modified":"2013-09-26T20:05:15","modified_gmt":"2013-09-26T14:35:15","slug":"a-process-free-of-violence-and-intimidation-in-the-northern-province-is-required-for-greater-civilian-administration-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/a-process-free-of-violence-and-intimidation-in-the-northern-province-is-required-for-greater-civilian-administration-us\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;A Process Free Of Violence And Intimidation In The Northern Province Is Required For Greater Civilian Administration&#8217; &#8211; US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We congratulate the people of Sri Lanka on their historic Provincial Council elections on September 21.\u00a0 The high turn-out and participation in all three of the provinces holding elections is a victory for the democratic process.&#8221; the US Embassy Colombo said today.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_81380\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/us-policy-towards-and-continuing-engagement-with-sri-lanka\/us-ambassador\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-81380\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81380\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-81380\" title=\"US Ambassador Michele J. Sison\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/US-Ambassador-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/US-Ambassador-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/US-Ambassador-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-81380\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michele J. 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