Postal voting for LG polls postponed indefinitely

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The postal voting for the 2023 local government election has been postponed until further notice, Election Commissioner General Saman Sri Rathnayake announced today.

He said the postal voting for the local government election was scheduled to begin tomorrow at 1,116 centers.

The local government election is scheduled to be held on March 9.

The decision was made as ballot papers for postal ballots were not available due to unavoidable reasons beyond the control of the Commission. (Chaturanga Pradeep Samarawickrama)

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D P P Prasad Tuesday, 14 February 2023 08:47 PM

All kind of election should be held on time. If the government deliberately delays it it will be a bad precedence to the entire election system

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cineha Tuesday, 14 February 2023 08:51 PM

If the electronic media reports are correct, the government printer's decision was taken after being summoned to the presidential secretariat. Also Rs.20 billion allocated to buy paddy and Finance ministry secretary releases 10 billion today. Now its high time the "supreme" power takes the cane.

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Dr. Thomas Tuesday, 14 February 2023 09:03 PM

Friendly foreign countries advocating democratic rule, human rights, free, fair

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Aquarius Tuesday, 14 February 2023 11:37 PM

This is a land like no other where dictatorial decisions are openly unleashed in a so-called democratic country. This is an excuse to thwart the LG elections taking place in March and represents a more sinister precedent for future elections.

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Jude Tuesday, 14 February 2023 11:57 PM

I reiterate, NPP and SJB in a strong position, all Ranil can do is postpone the elections!! And he have a valid reason, NO MONEY!! YEAH!!

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Don Wednesday, 15 February 2023 06:00 AM

Why not a foreign country embassy announce that they will give equivalent dollars of Rs. 10 billion to Election Commission via the SL Government to conduct the election if funds are the issue?

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Don Wednesday, 15 February 2023 06:04 AM

If Sri Lankan money is printed by a private company under strict security measures, why not ballot papers are printed by them and the bill is settled by a foreign government as an assistance to SL

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gamarala Wednesday, 15 February 2023 12:36 PM

If the treasury has no money to release to the EC, that means the budget passed by the parliament is failed. Eventually the validity of parliament is also a question.

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