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| Polls of Northern, North Western and Central Provincial |
Northern, North Western and Central Provincial Polls
Sri Lanka declared elections for three provinces including
the war-affected Northern Province.President Mahinda Rajapaksa informed
the Elections Commission to make arrangements to hold elections in the
Northern Province, the government information department reported.Meanwhile
the Governors of the Central and North Western provinces said they have
also been informed to dissolve their respective provinces for elections
to be held.The Governor of the Central Province Tikiri Kobbekaduwa and
the Governor of the North Western Province Thisa R. Balala said their
respective provincial councils will be dissolved with effect from
Saturday.
Focus now will be on if the elections in the Northern Province will take
place under the current constitution or if the constitution will be
amended before that.Some political parties in Sri Lanka have been
calling for the constitution to be amended and a section which was
included as a result of a deal signed with India in 1987 be diluted
before the Northern Province election.
A Parliament Select Committee has now been appointed to do just that
despite opposition from opposition as well as some political parties
within the government.
Northern, North Western and Central Provincial Councils will most probably take place on September 21 or 28.
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