evidence: • Support for AKD drops to SP’s level while RW makes gains, Sri Lanka poll shows • Sajith no-show at ITN hosted debate with AKD – https://www.ft.lk/news/Sajith-no-show-at-ITN-hosted-debate-with-AKD/56-762762 • Foreign ‘observers’ and interference in election process – https://www.sundaytimes.lk/240602/editorial/irrational-referendum-and-its-rationale-559021.html • Electoral register to be finalised next month: last electoral register 16.9 million voters eligible – https://www.sundaytimes.lk/240602/news/electoral-register-to-be-finalised-next-month-559084.html • Patali: Ample space for genuine political movement to represent ‘silent majority’ – https://island.lk/patali-ample-space-for-genuine-political-movement-to-represent-silent-majority/