The Elections Commission (EC) is to write to the Galle District Secretary seeking to issue a gazette on Monday concerning the Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha elections, Commission Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya said.
The Supreme Court had suspended the polls until a verdict was issued on a petition filed by the Democratic United National Front against the EC's decision to reject its nomination paper in 2017.
Yesterday, court ordered the polls body to accept the nomination paper and conduct the elections at the earliest.
(Reporting by Damith Wickramasekara)
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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