Sri Lanka local council inaugural meets in danger of not being able to convene

Colombo, May 31 (PTI) The scheduled inaugural meetings of the 338 local councils in Sri Lanka now face the danger of not being able to convene on June 2, election monitoring groups said here on Saturday.

The councils were to be convened officially on June 2 after the election that was held on May 6. “At the moment it will be difficult to have all councils meeting on June 2. Only 160 of the 338 councils would be able to have their first sessions,” Manjula Gajanayaka of the Institute for Democratic and Electoral Reforms, a monitoring group, said. He said the parties are yet to nominate their members despite the deadline of May 25 to do so by the Election Commission…..| read more on THE WEEK