The Supreme Court (SC) has fixed Friday (23) to take up the request presented by President Maithripala Sirisena seeking the Court’s observation on the possibility of holding the delayed provincial council (PC) polls under the old electoral system.
The President has sought the Supreme Court’s observation on holding the provincial council elections under the old electoral system since the delimitation report has not received parliamentary approval. The request has been made under Clause 129 (1) of the Constitution.
The Supreme Court has in writing informed the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) about the request made by the President and has sought the BASL to send in any observations of its own on the matter to the Court before Wednesday (21).
The Supreme Court is to take up the Presidential request for consideration at 10 a.m. on the 23rd.
Accordingly, the observations are to be sent to the President before the 30th of this month.
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