INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Initial printing activities referring to the 2023 Local Government Election have actually been completed, Government Printer Gangani Kalpana
Liyanage says.Speaking to Ada Derana, Liyanage mentioned that ballot paper printing activities, nevertheless, continue to deal with
obstacles without adequate security in place.Despite the requests made to the police chief to release 60 policemans (35 during daytime and
25 in the evening) to manage the security procedures throughout ballot paper printing, just 3 police officers have been deployed, according
to the Government Printer
The Government Printer even more stated that printing of notices on ballot queues is expected to begin today.Meanwhile, the Election
Commission kept in mind that the postal voting of the LG election can be held on February 22, 23, 24 and 28 as scheduled if the tally
documents are received no behind tomorrow.However, if the ballot documents are not supplied on time, the election body says it wants to
decide on new dates for the postal ballot of the LG election.On Tuesday (Feb 14), the Election Commission, pointing out inescapable reasons
, announced that ballot papers for the postal voting could not be distributed as set up on February 15
Versus this background, the National Peoples Power (NPP) has actually turned over a letter to the United Nations compound in Colombo
detailing the declared efforts to delay the LG election.
