Presidential and LG polls should be held on the same day: Navin

23 March 2023 01:36 pm - 6 - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}

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The Parliamentary, Presidential and Local Government Elections should be held together on the same day, former Minister Navin Dissanayake said today.

He said that all three elections should be held together to save money.

During his remarks, he emphasized that local government reforms would be enacted soon.

"The country cannot afford to look after 8,000 Local Government members at the moment and these reforms will be introduced soon," he said.

"The policy of President Ranil Wickremesinghe is to take on political and economic reforms together," he added.

Also he charged that some members of SJB tried to sabotage IMF assistance.

“They wanted to use the Local Government Election results for this and show the world that the present Government did not have a mandate," he said. (Yohan Perera)

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Karalasingam Sivalingam Thursday, 23 March 2023 02:00 PM

This is good idea, you can save money, but voters should be trained to vote for two different polls, need double the staff, ballet boxes etc, l have no knowledge of any country conducted polls for two different councils.

Truth Thursday, 23 March 2023 02:09 PM

Just curious to know. Can individuals decide on such matters.

Amal Fernando Thursday, 23 March 2023 02:35 PM

Another boot licker who does not have a mandate of people talking rubbish.

Man Thursday, 23 March 2023 02:54 PM

So, elections will never be held.

Dissa Thursday, 23 March 2023 04:16 PM

This man is speaking for Ranil.He wants LG Elections to be postponed until the time is ripe for Presidential and Parliamentary Elections.

Deva Thursday, 23 March 2023 07:35 PM

OK . Let us have it straight away.Parliament, Provincial, Local Government. We need a new mandate.

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