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Report out next month on delimitation of new wards for local polls
View(s):The report of the committee set up to look into complaints arising from delimitation of new ward is set to be released next month.
Committee chairman Asoka Peiris said the report was due to be submitted by the end of October, but would now take more time in view of the volume of work involved.
He said re-demarcation of boundaries, mapping and translation of documents were taking time and therefore the process has been delayed.
The report will be gazetted thereafter.
The Elections Commission has declared that it would require at least 90 days to prepare for elections and conduct it, after the gazette notification is published.
Earlier Minister of Local Government Faiszer Muthapha said that local elections will be held before April, but Deputy Minister of Finance Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena said that, according to his calculations the elections will be held in June, next year.Acting Minister of Provincial Council and Local Governemnt, Priyankara Jayaratna, said they hope to conduct elections, contrary to the claim made by Mr Abeywardena.