Provincial council elections in January: Party leaders agree! 

Party leaders are said to have agreed to hold the provincial council elections during the month of January. According to reports, the decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe. 

Minister Mano Ganesan following the meeting revealed that all party leaders other than of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) agreed to hold the election according to the former electoral method. However, the leaders of the Joint Opposition had not attended the meeting while JO parliamentary group leader, Dinesh Gunawardena says they have expressed their stance regarding the elections in writing and therefore did not attend.