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The Elections Commission must fix an early date for the Local Government election so that the government could not use another ploy to postpone the election, JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva said today.
He told a news conference that the government would not give up its attempt to postpone the LG polls even after the Supreme Court ruling and said the only option to prevent the government from using another ploy to postpone the election is to fix a date as early as possible.
"If the election was not scheduled on an early date, the government has ample time to conspire to postpone it by bringing in a Bill in parliament to that effect. It is upto the Elections Commission to prevent such a move," he said.
He said if the Election was fixed on a later date, the expenses that the Elections Commission and candidates contesting the election have to bear will be much higher and added that if the Elections Commission was to minimize the expenses for the election, an early date should be announced.
Silva also said if a later date was fixed for the elections, the candidates contesting the election may have to face another issue with regard to their expenses on the election campaign due to the new Act passed in Parliament recently limiting the amount of funds that can be spent on the election campaign.
He said the state employees who are contesting the election will also have to face a serious issue if the election was further postponed as they are on no-pay leave and they will have serious financial issues to make the living. (Ajith Siriwardana)
Hold Parliamentary election with the funds instead Monday, 06 March 2023 04:22 PM
Setting election date without promise of funds is completely stupid. The courts cannot make money come out of thin air, like force money printing. Since courts are powerless to make money appear, they can only direct, which means payments for essential services might be cut. There is no hurry to have LG elections, having parliamentary elections sooner like this year would be better for our nation
Natalie Nanayakara Tuesday, 07 March 2023 02:52 AM
The money was allocated in the budget for elections, just like the money allocated for the independence day celebration to entertain the clown and his friends. What we really don't need are more cabinet ministers to waste the meagre resources we are left with.
Robin Banks Tuesday, 07 March 2023 02:47 AM
We have a president who is unskilled and ineffective in every facet of leadership, but one thing he excels in is his underhand and sleazy attempts at staying in power.
Dooms day soothsayers dream Tuesday, 07 March 2023 07:44 AM
NPP is riding the wave of people's misery. So, they want reap the benefit while it lasts. Every single raise in the Rupee value, Every additional tourist arrival, every remittance from abroad means a gain to Ranil and the doom's day soothsayers loathe it. They don't want the nation to flourish.
Tilak Dias Tuesday, 07 March 2023 09:19 AM
Elections are democratic rights of people. There is a stupid argument that Courts cannot print money? Courts are there is uphold the law not print money. Funds are approved from the budget by the parliament. If those funds cannot be made available how come other allocated funds are made available. Funds are not available for elections. Government and EC should stop bastardizing democracy.
Thanos Tuesday, 07 March 2023 11:18 AM
Before people are fooled again, there should be an election to change current hooligans in power. All this Rupee Value and economic recovery is not RW's doing. It's the CB decisions and also the cash injections by IFC
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