LG Polls Before End of June 2017

Chairman of the Election Commission Mahinda Desapriya  held a meeting  yesterday(30) with registered political parties at Election Secretariat. The discussion centred on  short comings in  delimitation report , gazetting of  delimitation report and conducting Local Government Election.

After the discussion Mahinda Desapriya announced,  that the Election Commission is well prepared to conduct Local Government Election.  There were more than 50 technical defects and translation mistakes  in the delimitation report. These short comings  need to be  ratified. Once it is done,  it will be  gazetted within one month,  Minister of Local Government  and Provincial Council Faizer Mustapha assured to the court. Three gazette notices including delimitation report to be issued to conduct local Government election.  Considering above facts , it will be possible to conduct LG election before the end of June 2017, Desapriya concluded.