Postpone the polls: JVP urges Government

 

The JVP today urged the government to postpone the general elections to the first week of September so that it won’t affect students sitting the GCE Advanced Level examination.

JVP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake told a rally in Malabe that the date had been fixed for the polls is the earliest possible day in accordance with election laws. He therefore urged the government to consider re-scheduling the election to early September.

The JVP leader said nearly 200,000 children would sit this year’s Advanced Level Examination and questioned as to how they could concentrate on studies amidst loud speakers, rallies and processions.