Srilanka, May 2 -- In Sri Lanka, there is no opposition within a local government body. Instead there are councilors and they all sit together. So the concept itself discourages people from fueling divisions among one another. But the main idea is to get together and work towards the betterment of people in their community and to develop plans to upgrade facilities in their wards

During the Presidential Election there were hardly any rejections. During the Parliamentary election there were over 8000 candidates and again there were minimum rejections.

But during a local government election there are more candidates and parties contesting for the seats in a local authority, and as a result there is a tendency to have a high number of re...