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Batticalo Polls:
March 10: Red Letter Day for Vakarai
The sleepy coastal town of Vakarai is all set for
Monday's Local Government election after a lapse of 17 years, to
elect their own representatives to the Koralaipattu North Pradeshiya
Sabha. Authorities say that elections were last held in Vakarai in
1991 and since then people of the area has never been part of the
election process.
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Speaker to apprise President of members views on CC
Speaker W.J.M. Lokubandara yesterday told
Parliament that he will take steps to apprise the President on
yesterday's proceedings in Parliament pertaining to the appointment
of the Constitutional Council. The Speaker made this pledge in the
midst of a debate which commenced after the Chief Opposition Whip
Joseph Michael Perera made a special statement on the appointment of
the CC.
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PAFFREL case dismissed
The Supreme Court yesterday dismissed the
Petition filed by the People's Action Committee for Free and Fair
Elections (PAFFREL) without considering it for examination after
Elections Commissioner Dayanada Dissanayake told Court that he had
received no complaints about armed groups roaming about in
Batticaloa or the misappropriation of public property for election
work, during the Local Government polls campaign.
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