The Hon. Rauff Hakeem, Attorney-at-Law
Rauff Hakeem raised concerns about the Local Authorities Elections (Special Provisions) Bill, noting that deeming nominations never to have been presented may adversely affect public servants who took no-pay leave and lost promotions or increments after submitting nominations. He urged the Government to address their situation and said ambiguities identified by the Election Commission, including issues affecting local authority majorities such as in Elpitiya, should be corrected. He proposed referring the Bill to the Legislative Standing Committee for expedited review.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, one minute. On the Local Authorities Elections (Special Provisions) Bill, Clause 2 says nominations “shall be deemed never to have been presented.” This creates issues for many public servants who submitted nominations; they received no-pay leave and may have lost promotions and increments. The Government should address their situation. Also, the Bill contains several ambiguities that the Election Commission requested be rectified, including issues affecting majorities in local bodies as seen in the Elpitiya election. It would be useful to refer this to the Legislative Standing Committee to resolve these in a short time.
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Cite as: The Hon. Rauff Hakeem, Attorney-at-Law. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 9 January 2025. No. 1738229262040729. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/23694