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Govt. finalises plans for northern polls
View(s):The Government is going ahead with preparations for the Northern Provincial Council elections, Minister and United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) General Secretary and Minister Susil Premajayantha said yesterday.
Noting that this was one of the elements in Thursday’s resolution adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Council, he said, “We will no longer be facing allegations from India or from Geneva that we are delaying the elections. We were forced to delay the elections as some of the areas had not been demined. Since much of the demining has been completed we are now ready to hold the polls.”
“After the elections are held in the Northern Province, the people there will have their own chief minister and their members to serve them. They will be able to work in accordance with the 13th Amendment to the Constitution,” Mr. Premajayantha said.
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