Srilanka, July 21 -- More than two months after Sri Lanka held its long-overdue Local Government elections, 50 local authorities remain without functioning administrations - effectively paralysing grassroots public services and exposing critical flaws in the country's electoral and governance frameworks.

Most of the Councils affected are Pradeshiya Sabhas, with a handful of Urban Councils also caught in limbo. Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government Minister Dr. Chandana Abayarathna said yesterday that the primary reasons for the deadlock include quorum failures, delays in gazetting members, unresolved women's quota appointments, court injunctions, and inter-party rivalries.

The Minister pointed to deliberate abs...