The total number of members of Sri Lanka’s Local Government Authorities has been reduced to 4,714 as per the new Delimitation Report, Chairman of the National Delimitation Committee Mahinda Deshapriya stated.
The preliminary draft of the report of the National Committee on Delimitation of Divisions for Local Government bodies was handed over to Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena today (11).
According to the Prime Minister’s Office, the demarcation of constituencies based on geographical size and population has been listed in the preliminary draft and the said draft is to be forwarded to District Secretaries and political party secretaries shortly.
Religious leaders and various organizations have already submitted proposals to be included in this report.
Committee Chairman Mahinda Deshapriya stated that the proposals being received for inclusion in the report will be considered until April 30th since the time until then is granted to prepare the final report.
The Secretary to the Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government K. D. N. Ranjith Ashoka, members of the committee, Jayalath Ravi Dissanayake, W.M.M.R. Adhikari, K. Thavalingam, and I.A. Hameed, and Legal Officer Gayani Premathilaka were also present at the occasion of handing over the preliminary report. (NewsWire)
