National Delimitation Committee Chairman and former Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya yesterday said that the total number of members of the Local Government Bodies has been reduced to 4,714 from 8,400 as per the draft delimitation report presented to Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena yesterday. He said that the elected number of members have been reduced to 2,882 from 5,092 and the total number of members without overhang is 4,714.
The number of members from the list has also been reduced to 1,832.
He said that the draft which was presented to the Prime Minister has focused on a number of councillors that a ward should have.
Deshapriya said that this draft report has been given to the political parties for their observations for more than three weeks and the public can also send their proposals to the committee from April 18 to April 25. “We can refer these proposals to the review committee with our observations thereafter,” he said.
The former Elections Commissioner when asked whether the nominations that have already been accepted will be cancelled with the implementation of this report said that nominations cannot be annulled without the approval of Parliament.
A Bill should be brought in parliament for the implementation of this report”, he said
Deshapriya said that the Committee is expected to hand over the final report by May 2. He said that the delimitation committee report consists of three parts. “First part we are dealing with the procedures and proposals coming from different quarters from the society.
“The second category focuses on the number of members that each council should have, the names of the ward and the number of Grama Niladhari Divisions that constitute a ward, he said. He said that the third part is dealing with maps of each division.
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