Sri Lanka, June 17 -- The election of the new Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Seethawaka Pradeshiya Sabha has been postponed indefinitely over disagreement pertaining to the voting method.
The vote to appoint a new Chairman for the Seethawaka Pradeshiya Sabha was scheduled to take place today (17) before the Commissioner of the Department of Local Government of the Western Province, Sarangika Jayasundara.
Following the commencement of the new session, a dispute arose on whether the vote to appoint the Chairman should be conducted as an open or secret ballot. One faction proposed an open vote, while another proposed a secret vote.
As two different proposals had been presented, and since the authority to decide the methodology of...
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