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Local Government and Provincial Councils Minister Faizer Mustapha yesterday said that all the Provincial Councils, Local Government and General Elections would be held under the Electoral System.
Addressing a Local Government Institutional representative meeting in Kandy, the Minister further stressed that forthcoming Local Government polls also would be conducted under the same system as the LG election amendment act 2012 N0 22 has been in force since 2013.
Meanwhile, Local Government representatives pointed out issues regarding delimitation and requested the Minister to hold the next March Local Government election via the Preferential voting system. Answering those requests, Mustapha said if the Government expect to do so, the Local Government election amendment act should be amended.
Mustapha appointed a technical committee which comprised of delimitation experts into review the limitations of electorates. He asked representatives to directly inform the committee about all issues regarding delimitations.