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Number of members elected to 336 Local Government bodies under the new electoral system will be doubled while the number of Local Government bodies will be increased by one Pradeshiya Sabha the Local Government and Provincial Councils Minister Faiszer Musthapha said yesterday.
Accordingly the number of members to be elected to the Municipal Councils, Urban Councils and Pradeshiya Sabhas is to be increased to 8,825 from the current 4,486, and the new number of Local Government bodies will be 336.
Under the newly introduced Local Government Electoral (Amendment) Act no. 22 of 2012 more than 2,200 women members representing 25% of the total number of elected members are expected to be elected and a new Pradeshiya Sabha will be established at Millennia.
“I expect party leaders will approve the amendments to the Act at the next session of Parliament enabling the government to conduct Local Government polls in this year. We will have to go for the polls before November as the Elections Department is scheduled to conduct GCE O/L examination during this time. The Elections Department also needs a minimum 65 days to conduct polls since the Gazetting of the Local Government election,” Minister Musthapha added.
“The delimitation commission report released in August 2015 following passing of the Act in 2012 was full of errors, mistakes and inconsistencies and was vehemently opposed by minority parties as well as the SLFP and the UNP. If we are to conduct Local Government polls under the new electoral system, we should have first rectified the blunders that had been made by the Delimitation Commission in addition to finalizing the marking of boundaries of Local Government bodies. That is why I appointed the five member official committee headed by Asoka Peiris to look into the issue with the consent of all political parties,” Minister Musthapha emphasized.
If the government postponed the Local Government polls accordingly, the elections to 23 Municipal Councils, 41 Urban Councils and 272 Pradeshiya Sabhas will have to be held on a same day as all current Local Government bodies numbering 335 would have completed their term of office by then.
Many Local Government bodies completed their term of office on March, 31, 2015, some others on July 31st of that year and few others on October 16, 2015. Another few Local Government bodies completed their term of office on August 24, 2013 and they are being run under special commissioners or Secretaries.
All Local Government bodies in the Western Province, including the Colombo, Kotte- Sri Jayewardenepura, Dehivala – Mt. Lavinia, Negombo and Gampaha completed five year term on October. (Sandun A Jayasekera)
gobbaya Monday, 24 July 2017 08:17 AM
nice...keep adding more worthless lotus eaters...we the public will keep bearing the burden by way of taxes, taxes and more taxes
Sunil Monday, 24 July 2017 08:24 AM
The number of UNP candidates who will be elected will be decimated.
Voter Monday, 24 July 2017 08:29 AM
We will have to bear unnecessary expenditure ultimately?
ANTON Monday, 24 July 2017 08:33 AM
I THINK OUR GMOA MIGHT START TO PROTEST ON THIS TOO.......... UN VASSATATH STRIKE, AVVATATH STRIKE.
dulan Monday, 24 July 2017 08:50 AM
Oh my God that is all we need! Are these people stupid?
Lord Wolfstein Monday, 24 July 2017 09:07 AM
If the number of LG members is doubled, then the costs for each member must be halved in order not to burden the taxpayer even more. Or even better, the LG members should be voluntary, as is customary in many other countries.
AjithZ Monday, 24 July 2017 09:39 AM
More the merrier. Keep it up. Please increase the numbers in parliament, ministers and all as well.
Steve Monday, 24 July 2017 09:43 AM
Gosh! so there would be more expenditure to entertain more members from the innocent public.
Bala Monday, 24 July 2017 10:01 AM
At this rate the paradise will apply only to politicos as sun will shine on them daily because politikks will outnumber the population.Suddenly this has come out having kept it under wraps - jobs for the boys.
Kapila Monday, 24 July 2017 10:10 AM
We dont need more political parasites living off the people. RW who always follows the West should take a lesson from France where they are cutting down the number of MPs by 50%.
Nalin Monday, 24 July 2017 12:23 PM
This country is a certified "Banana Republic" with the main meal of the vast voting majority being "Bananas." People should go to the ballot boxes and destroy their votes. Unfortunately there are too many illiterate and unintelligent voters in this country who will do this.
Brainmaster Monday, 24 July 2017 12:34 PM
To increase the members of Local Governments will be contraproductive corruption will increase. via DM Android App
Derrick Monday, 24 July 2017 12:40 PM
What a waste
Ganesh Monday, 24 July 2017 01:35 PM
All local government bodies should be under the respective provincial councils .This is another waste of resources to say the least . Central government ,provincial government local government with all these administration ,Colombo city is emanating unbearable stench ,dengue and traffic jam
sobers Monday, 24 July 2017 02:34 PM
More the merrier. More politicians means more corruption. Please don't increase the amount of members. It is a waste on funds and public will have to pay through taxes. What a country?
Diogenes Monday, 24 July 2017 02:55 PM
These rogues are going to burden the citizens with more and more parasites to suck the blood of the nation. CURSE THEM. I hate all politicians. May the get roasted in hell for ruining this country !
Raj Monday, 24 July 2017 03:27 PM
How much money has to be spent for these 8825 members per annum?
ET Monday, 24 July 2017 04:13 PM
No need Mr. Lawyer minister. Ask an Engineer or a Statistician. He will keep the MPs to same and achieve the same result. If you want we can do it for you...
Wonder of Asia Monday, 24 July 2017 04:47 PM
Possibly a way to increase the per capita income of SL. The more the merrier.
GENIOUS. Monday, 24 July 2017 10:24 PM
INCREASING THE LG MEMBERS TO MAKE IT ANOTHER WHITE ELEPHANT. QUANTITY NEVER PAY WAY FOR PROSPERITY. via DM Android App
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