President Maithripala Sirisena has been informed by the Supreme Court (SC) that he does not have the power to call for Provincial Council (PC) elections without a duly adopted delimitation report.
The Court has informed the President that he did not possess the power to enforce the delimitation report by gazetting it. Therefore, elections to the provinces cannot be held under the Provincial Council (Amendment) Act.
President's Secretary, Udaya Seneviratne yesterday (2) announced the Supreme Court observations to the President's request for an opinion on the possibility of the President making arrangements to hold the PC polls.
The delayed Provincial Council elections is viewed as a violation of the people's right to vote.
The Elections Commission earlier said it was unlikely that the Provincial Council elections would be held before the presidential election scheduled to be held this year.
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