30 November 2018 08:55 am
It will be the second extension of term limit if granted. The last extension was granted in August this year.
Commission's Chairman Justice Anil Goonaratne said that the Commissioners requested the Presidential Secretariat in writing for an extension of its tenure ten days ago, but there have been no response so far.
However, the sources said the Presidential Secretariat have decided to extend the period of the PCoI . (Yoshitha Perera)