Patali calls for LG polls

Having handed over the manifesto of the Eksath Janaraja Peramuna to Election Commission Chairman Nimal Punchihewa, yesterday (06) at the Election Secretariat, Rajagiriya, its leader MP Patali Champika Ranawaka said that the Local Government polls couldn’t be postponed any further on the false declaration that the incumbent administration lacked funds.

The former Minister said that the expenditure on government events in the recent past showed that the money was no longer an issue.

Pointing out that the electoral registers would be updated in July this year, lawmaker Ranawaka said that conducting Local Government polls in terms of the old electoral registers was a matter for concern. The MP urged the government to conduct LG polls before the revision of electoral registers or call fresh nominations if the election was to be held after July.

Lawmaker Ranawaka said that they were strongly opposed to a controversial move to appoint former heads of Local Government authorities to supervise them instead of conducting the election (SF)