LG polls highly unlikely on April 25: PAFFEREL

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It was highly unlikely that the Local Government election would be conducted on April 25 as announced by the Elections Commissions, the People's Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFEREL) said.

Its Executive Director Rohana Hettiarachchi told the media that the government was even ignoring the court decisions, which was regrettable.

"We never expected that the government would deprive people of their franchise. The government has come to a stage where even court decisions are disregarded. The balance among three pillars of democracy namely the Legislature, Executive and the Judiciary are in complete disarray now," he said.

Hettiarachchi said the executive was plotting to delay the LG polls earlier and that the legislature is also now acting to delay the polls by challenging the court decision hiding behind parliamentary privileges. (Ajith Siriwardana)

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Paramadipathaya Wednesday, 15 March 2023 03:58 PM

When one man is working against the Constitution of the country, defying the Supreme Court, and working against the established order, are the people whose sovereign rights are denied, just remaining Deaf and Blind.! Is he being backed on his actions by some foreign power?

sam Wednesday, 15 March 2023 04:06 PM

Executive is responsible for all this

Thanos Wednesday, 15 March 2023 04:27 PM

The govt will delay it further, so it buys them time to implement projects and initiative to garner more votes...

Joshua Wednesday, 15 March 2023 07:57 PM

Why is IMF going ahead to fund a undemocratic country? Are they supporting that?

Thanos Thursday, 16 March 2023 07:07 AM

Even the next Presidential polls highly unlikely

Hendry Samuel Thursday, 16 March 2023 11:58 AM

That means Ranil is ruling like Hitler in Sri Lanka, but finally the worst things will take place to Ranil in Sri Lanka.

Kiris Baba Amaray Thursday, 16 March 2023 12:00 PM

What happened to the court ruling about the elections? If Ranil can pay a large sum for Independence Day, maintaining his cabinet and state Ministers why can't he spare money for the elections.

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