Committees for LG polls to be appointed next week

A National Committee and district committees to organise the forthcoming local government elections will be appointed next week, said United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) General Secretary and Petroleum Industries Minister Susil Premajayantha.

A National Committee and district committees to organise the forthcoming local government elections will be appointed next week, said United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) General Secretary and Petroleum Industries Minister Susil Premajayantha.

All local bodies will be dissolved before January 10 and elections will be held before March 30.

These decisions were taken at the UPFA Constituent political party leaders' meeting presided over by President Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees on Friday.

The allocation of seats for the constituent parties in local bodies will be decided on by national and district level nomination boards consisting of representatives from those parties. Local government and Provincial Councils Minister A.L.M. Athaullah will soon issue the special gazette notification dissolving all Municipal and Urban Councils and Pradeshiya Sabhas.

SLFP General Secretary and Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena said on Wednesday that the SLFP was ready for the forthcoming Local Government elections and would launch the campaign by calling upon the prospective candidates to send in their applications before January 5.