The cabinet today approved a proposal submitted by the Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to increase the representation of women in Local Authorities up to 25 percentage.
As a next step, the government will amend the Local Authorities (Special Provisions) Act No 21 of 2012 in view of increasing the women’s representation in local authorities.
Although about 50% - 51% of Sri Lankan population is women, they bear only about 5% from the total members elected for the parliament, Provincial Councils and Local Government Institutions.
According to the promise given at the recent Presidential Election and the General Election to allocate 25% of representation to women in Provincial Councils and Local Government Institutions.
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.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
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