Minister Bimal Rathnayake expressed his belief that the Election Commission will take steps to hold the Local Government (LG) elections either in the second or fourth week of April 2025.
He made this statement while talking to the media in Jaffna.The Minister also specified that all parties have actually jointly sent the Draft Bill to Parliament for the modification of the Local Authorities Elections Act to carry out the LG elections.With the contract of the leaders of all parties, the federal government has actually submitted a draft bill to Parliament concerning the re-conduct of the city government elections.
Presently, different parties have actually filed numerous petitions in court.
Nevertheless, our company believe this will not pose a substantial challenge to holding the elections, he added.Minister Rathnayake even more said, The court will provide its verdict when it decides, but the court has a limited variety of days to do so.
Therefore, we hope the Election Commission will hold the elections in the second or 4th week of April.He likewise specified that the government aims to hold the Provincial Council Elections in the Northern Province and across Sri Lanka without further hold-ups.