The Election Commission has called political parties and independent groups to submit the copies of judgments along with the petitions in the event if nominations to contest the upcoming Local Government elections had been rejected and subsequently accepted by courts.
The notice said;
“The Election Commission has requested Secretaries or authorized representatives of the respective political parties and leaders of independent groups, to provide copies of petitions and judgements, to the District Election offices of the relevant District, if any legal action has been taken against the rejection of nomination papers submitted to contest the Local Authorities Elections scheduled to be held on May 6.”
Meteorology Department forecasted that showers will occur at times in Northern, North-central, Eastern and Northwestern provinces and in Matale and Nuwara-Eliya districts.
Former President’s Secretary Saman Ekanayake was today remanded until February 11 by the Fort Magistrate in relation to the case where former President Ranil Wickremesinghe is alleged to have misused Rs. 16.6 million in state funds during a visit to the UK to attend his wife’s graduation ceremony at the University of Wolverhampton.
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