SJB goes before Supreme Court to proceed with LG Election

The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) today filed a writ petition in Supreme Court seeking an order quashing  Cabinet Decision

to instruct the District Returning Officers not to accept deposits from the Local Government Election candidates until further notice.

The SJB General Secretary Ranjith Madduma Bandara filed this petition challenging the decision taken by the Secretary to the Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils, and Local Government to issue a letter dated 10th January 2023, purportedly acting under the instructions of the Cabinet of Ministers directing District Returning Officers not to accept deposits from the Local Government Election candidates.

The petitioner states that his party the SJB is in the process of depositing the monies as required by the gazette notifications in order to eligible to contest all the local authorities in country and will be restrained in doing so in the event the divisional secretaries comply with the illegal illogical and nonsensical directive of the Cabinet of Ministers passed down through the respondent secretaries respondents. (Lakmal Sooriyagoda)