Provincial Councils Delimitation Report defeated in Parliament
Posted by Editor on August 25, 2018 - 6:00 am
The Report of the Delimitation Committee for the Delimitation of Electorates in Provincial Councils was defeated in Parliament yesterday with 139 votes against.
The United National Party (UNP), Sri Lanka Freedom Party(SLFP), the Joint Opposition and the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) voted against the Delimitation Report.
No votes were cast in favour of the report. Accordingly, the Speaker’s Office announced that the five-member Review Committee headed by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe would be appointed by Speaker Karu Jayasuriya within the next few days with the agreement of all other parties. It stated that the other members of the committee would be experts in the field who are not politicians.
Latest Headlines in Sri Lanka
- Sri Lanka appoints new Secretaries to Ministries, Prime Minister and Cabinet November 19, 2024
- Bimal appointed Leader of the House, Dr. Nalinda named Chief Government Whip November 19, 2024
- Nalinda Jayatissa appointed cabinet media spokesman November 19, 2024
- Sri Lanka Customs seizes Rs. 1 billion worth of illegally imported painkillers November 19, 2024
- NDC graduation ceremony highlights new approach to national security November 19, 2024
