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TNA, EPDP hail postponement of Local Govt. elections
Monday, 25 September 2006 - 4:45 AM SL Time
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The TNA and the EPDP yesterday hailed the postponement of the local government polls in the North-East citing that the situation is not conducive at all for an election in the war-ravaged province.
Party`s Jaffna district MP Pathmini Sithamparanathan said given the volatile security situation in the area their members were not in a position to canvas freely for the election, and therefore the postponement was a timely move.
The EPDP also subscribed to the same view saying an election could not be held under the present circumstances where people are undergoing enormous difficulties. A party spokesman said that the government had taken the right decision.
Elections Commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake has decided to postpone the local government polls in the North-East till June 30, 2007.
Mr. Dissanayake took this decision last week after a meeting with the Government Agents representing the two war-ravaged provinces. The election had earlier been scheduled for September 30, 2006, to elect members to local bodies in Jaffna, Mulaitivu, Mannar and Vavuniya districts in the north, and certain other local bodies in the east.
Meanwhile, Jaffna Assistant Elections Commissioner P.Kuganathan said that he requested Mr. Dissanayake in writing on September 21, to postpone the polls.
There are 17 local bodies in the Jaffna district including a Municipal Council.
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