By Ishu Bandara
New political parties aiming to register this year will undergo a second round of interviews expected to end this month, the Election Commission said.
A five-member panel is doing the evaluations.
Registration of new political parties for 2025 began February 28, with applications accepted until March 28. This annual process was delayed after the declaration of local government elections earlier in the year.
Commissioner General of Elections, Saman Sri Ratnayake told the Sunday Times that the EC received 83 applications. Of these, 36 were rejected for not meeting basic requirements, leaving 47 to move forward to the formal evaluation stage.
Read more at today's Sunday Times here
We are not prepared to waste our tax money to print pages and pages of ballot papers. Discourage the registration of hundreds of parties with no proper public backing. Impose maximum charges for those who are contesting.
A short while later, the official car of the Commander of the Navy, bearing plate NAHA 5006, departed from Navy House, Longdon Place, Colombo 7.
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