Upcoming election would be ‘Mother of all elections’: Patali Champika

By Dayaseeli Liyanage   

Megalopolis and Western Development Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said that November 16 Presidential Election will be a mother of all future  elections that are to be held in the country.   

The Minister said that the candidate who  won the Presidential election, would be empowered to dissolve  parliament in March 2020 and that would lead to a parliamentary election in the same or the following month.   

Pointing out that the all provincial councils are now stand dissolved with the term of the Uva Provincial Council lapsing this month he added that the new President would be able to make arrangements for holding of PC elections adopting necessary amendments to the laws of the Provincial Councils.   

According to him, those elections would be held next time  after another period of five years.