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An announcement from the Election Commission about the Presidential Election Day

Election Commissioner General Saman Sri Ratnayake said that the presidential election is scheduled to be held this year and the exact date will be announced on one day between September 18 and October 18. According to the constitution, the presidential election should be held this year, but the Election Commission has the ability to hold …

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An opportunity to vote for Sri Lankans living abroad

The Sectoral Oversight Committee on International Relations met in Parliament on 08th under the chairmanship of Member of Parliament Namal Rajapakse. At that time, it is reported that there was a discussion about preparing a system for Sri Lankans living abroad to vote. The officials of the National Election Commission pointed out that the Election …

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Although there are no G.S, there are people available for election work.

The office of the General Secretary of Elections states that the involvement of Grama sewakas is not crucial for conducting the voter list revision work. If they are unable to participate in the work, other personnel can be employed instead. A stipend is provided to village officials for conducting door-to-door work. However, the office further …

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An announcement from the E. C. about the General Election:

The Election Commission has announced the number of Members of Parliament that can be elected to the districts of the island based on the number of voters this year. According to the number of registered voters in 2023, the highest number of Members of Parliament will be elected from the Colombo district, with a total …

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Government’s attention to conduct the local government election according to the new delimitation

Political sources say that the government is focusing on conducting the local government election according to the new delimitation report. The new report on the delimitation of constituencies has proposed to reduce the number of local government seats from over 8,000 to 4,714.However, according to the new delimitation report, in order to hold the local …

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The local government election is postponed for the second time

The Election Commission has announced that despite various obstacles to conduct the local government polls as scheduled, due to non-availability of the necessary financial allocations and reasons beyond the control of the Commission, it is not possible to hold the said polls on the 25th of this month. Accordingly, the commission states in its announcement …

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An attempt to further extend the tenure of local government institutions

Secretary General Sagara Kariyawasam states that if the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance announces the period for which money can be given to the election, the minister has legal provisions to extend the time of the local government bodies until then. Commenting on this, Rohana Hettiarachchi, executive director of Pafferal organization, says that there …

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The printing of ballot papers is further delayed.

Government Printer Gangani Liyanage said that the printing of ballot papers related to the local government elections will be further delayed. It is reported that more than 200 million rupees are required for the basic work done by the Government Press in relation to the local government polls, but the Government Press has received only …

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මැතිවරණයකට වෙන්කළ කිසිම මුදලක් රඳවාගෙන නෑ

අයවැය යනු පූර්ව පුරෝකථනයක් පමණක් බවත්, අධිකරණය විසින් නියෝගයක් ලබාදී ඇතත් මැතිවරණයකට ලබාදීමට වෙන්කළ මුදලක් ආණ්ඩුව රදවාගෙන නැතැයි මුදල් රාජ්‍ය ඇමැති රංජිත් සියඹලාපිටිය පවසයි . ගුවන් විදුලි නාලිකාවක් සමඟ සාකච්ඡාවකට එක්වෙමින් අදහස් දැක්වූ ඔහු මෙලෙසින්ද පැවැසීය . ”දැනට රජයට ලැබෙන සීමිත මුදල් ප්‍රවාහය රාජ්‍ය සේවක වැටුප්, විශ්‍රාම වැටුප්, සමෘද්ධි දීමනා, සෞඛ්‍ය ඇතුළු අත්‍යවශ්‍ය පෙළගැස්මක් යටතේ …

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