Tag: Provincial Councils

Much is expected from the Parliamentary Select Committee going into the reforms

Minister S. Jaishankar wrote to AIADMK MP M.Thambi Durai saying that, at the UNHRC, India urged Lanka to abide by the 13 th., Constitutional Amendment and hold elections to the Provincial Councils.

Government ministers have said that the polls could be held at the end of 2021. But that seems more and more unlikely with every passing day.

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa told Daily Mirror: “ We need the second tier of political representatives. People are used to the system,” though a section of the government is against the two-tier system

Uncertainty created by the pandemic appears to be the main reason

Asks Election Commission to look into the possibility of holding them under the old Proportional Representation system