Acknowledgments The authors would like to sincerely thank MEMO 98 Executive Director Rastò Kužel, IFES Asia-Pacific Advisor Kyle Lemargie, IFES Country Director for Sri Lanka and Bangladesh Silja Paasilinna, IFES Graphic Design Officer Keaton Van Beveren and IFES Communications Officer Janine Duffy for their review of this paper and valuable contributions. -2- International Foundation for Electoral Systems