Brussels, 07/04/2004 (Agence Europe) - John Cushnahan (EPP-ED, Ireland), who led the EU Observation Mission in the general elections on 2 April in Sri Lanka congratulated voters for their solid participation. The Fine Gael MEP pointed out that Sir Lanka had a long democratic tradition that went back to 1931. The main conclusions of his team of 70 observers' work are as follows: the level of violence although well below that of the last two elections (also followed by Cushnahan) remains...