Govt. up against the wall in October

* Mark Fernando’s 1998 judgement to take centre stage
* New constitution or 20A needed to postpone impending PC elections

Justice Mark Fernando

by C.A.Chandraprema-March 4, 2017, 7:10 pm 

Not holding the local government elections has become a major part of the survival strategy of this government. While the local government elections have been put off due to complications in the delimitation of wards, elections for the Eastern, North Central and Sabaragamuwa provinces will be due at the end of the third quarter of this year. According to Article 154E of the Constitution, Provincial Councils will unless sooner dissolved, continue for a period of five years from the date of its first meeting and upon the expiration of this period, will stand automatically dissolved.

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