Sri Lanka, Sept. 8 -- The United National Party (UNP) has pointed out that a general election system should be introduced for Parliament, Provincial Councils and Local Government Institutions and that 65 percent of the members should be elected under the divisional system and 25 percent under the proportional representation system.
Representatives of the UNP made these observations while testifying before the Select Committee of Parliament to Identify Appropriate Reforms of the Election Laws and the Electoral System and to Recommend Necessary Amendments, yesterday (07).
They also suggested that the number of members elected to local government bodies should be reduced by reducing the number of divisions. Whilst stating that 25 percent of ...