An election monitoring group in Sri Lanka, Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) says it will deploy 7500 observers to monitor the upcoming Presidential Election, reports Colombo Page on October 8. CaFFE says the large number of observers will be deployed to monitor the anticipated situations as a record number of candidates are contesting the Presidential Election. CaFFE's Acting Executive Director Ahmed Manas said there have been reports of violence and violations of election laws at every election after the nominations were handed over. He said that therefore, the candidates and the party leaders should take action to properly direct their supporters in this election.