“Elections” blockbuster at Jan.30 STBC meeting
View(s):The Sunday Times Business Club (STBC) moves into its new ‘home’, Movenpick Hotel Colombo this year kicking off proceedings with a blockbuster discussion on January 30 on the upcoming elections.
Titled “Elections and new processes” the eminent panel consists of Nalin Abeysekera, member of the Election Commission (EC) and former Legal Draftsman, Rohana Hettiarachchi, Executive Director of People’s Action for Free and Fair Election (PAFFREL), and Asoka Obeyesekere, Executive Director at Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL).
The discussion will deal with the upcoming local government elections, the amended election process, exercising your franchise and larger representation of women candidates. The new system provides for 60 per cent being elected on the old, first-past-the-post system and 40 per cent through proportional representation. EC Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya told the Business Times that he would join the proceedings, if time permits. After two years at the Kingsbury Hotel, the club is moving to the Movenpick Hotel, this time with the support of the National Development Bank (NDB).
Asoka Obeyesekere
Nalin Abeysekera
Rohana Hettiarachchi