The Election Commission says heads of state institutions in districts where curfew has been lifted have been notified to hand over postal vote applications submitted by their staff to their respective district election offices.
Heads of institutions in the districts of Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara and Puttalam, where curfew is in effect till May 4, can hand over postal vote applications submitted by their staff to the respective district election offices from May 4 onwards if the curfew is lifted on that date, Channa De Silva, the EC's Media Coordinator told Times Online.
Mr De Silva added that the EC had only received a section of postal vote applications through mail by the time curfew was declared earlier due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Accordingly, the EC has now given state institutions time to hand over the postal vote applications.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
An interim order prohibiting Deshabandu Tennakoon from carrying out his duties as Inspector General of Police (IGP) has been issued by the Supreme Court.
The Presidential election will be held on September 21, the Commission of Elections has decided.
The former leader of the New Sama Samaja Party (NSSP) and the New Left Front and well-known figure in left-wing politics in Sri Lanka, Dr. Wickramabahu Karunaratne, passed away at the age of 81.
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