Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE), an election monitoring organization denounced the threat issued by Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) against election monitoring organizations, reports Colombo Page on November 1. The Secretary Dr. Haritha Aluthge and Dr. Naveen de Zoysa GMOA, the state doctors’ trade union had publicly criticized election monitoring organizations in a press conference. Criticizing the GMOA’s statement, CaFFE's acting executive director Ahmed Manas Makeen in a press conference stated that election monitoring organizations recognized by Election Commission (EC) are working impartially to ensure a free and fair election by reporting election violations. Makeen further stated that GMOA President Dr. Anuruddha Padeniya had violated electoral conduct as government official when he attended the launch of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) candidate Gotabhaya Rajapaksa's election. Likewise, other GMOA members as well as other government officials including the governors from all over the country had taken part in the election campaigns violating the EC norms that prohibits active government officials from campaigning for the presidential candidates.