Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa today called the Election Commission to hold Local Government polls soon after the Budget debate is concluded on March 21.
Mr Premadasa and representatives of opposition parties met with the Election Commission members and said that they were prepared for the local government polls soon after the budget debate ended, contrary to claims by government members that the opposition was trying to delay the polls.
“We want to ensure that the budget debate is given the first priority and thereafter elections can be held,” he told Journalists after the meeting.
He recalled, that it was his party, the SJB had sought a court order when the Local Government polls were delayed.
SLMC leader Rauf Hakeem, Leader of the Upcountry People’s Front V.Radhakrishnan and MP Rohitha Abeygunawardena were among the opposition members who met the EC members.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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