Supreme Court to consider petitions calling for Local Government election

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has decided to consider two applications filed seeking an order on the Election Commission to call for Local Government Elections without delay.

The applications will be considered on the 18th of January 2023.

The applications were filed by Professor G. L. Peiris, Anura Priyadarshana Yapa, Dayasiri Jayasekera, Lakshman Kiriella, M. A. Sumanthiran, among other MPs in the opposition in Parliament.

The applications were taken up in the presence of justices Priyantha Jayawardena, Kumuduni Wickremesinghe, and Achala Wengappulli.

The Chairman and members of the Election Commission and Prime Minister were named as respondents in the applications, and the bench ordered to send notice to them to make submissions.

The petitioners claim that there is an attempt to delay the Local Government Elections, and thereby would violate the people's right to exercise their franchise.

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