COLOMBO : Tamil Progressive Alliance Leader TPA Mano Ganesan said here on Tuesday, May 26, that the current LG election act is faulty. We knew it after experimenting it last time. Hence, all parties including JVP, decided to amend the law to bring the total numbers of LG members from 8500 to near 5000 and amend certain other clauses too.
He recalled that all parties unanimously decided as such in the last Electoral reform select committee. It was none other than AKD was the JVP member in the committee.
Under the circumstances, NPP government could have amended the act with their 159 majority plus our support too. But they were in a unbelievable hurry in conducting elections sooner as possible for political reasons.
Hence, president Dissanayake should blame himself for the clumsy awkward situation today.
