Hon. Ravi Karunanayake
Hon. Ravi Karunanayake referred to the Supreme Court determination on the Local Authorities Elections (Special Provisions) Bill and asked the Government to consider a less costly electoral system. He noted prior discussions on reducing election expenditure from Rs. 8,900 million to Rs. 2,900 million and said the public viewed the current cost burden as excessive. He requested clarification on whether reforms could improve affordability and efficiency.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, the Supreme Court’s determination on the Local Authorities Elections (Special Provisions) Bill has been presented. We request from the Government the following: previously, we discussed reducing the expenditure from Rs. 8,900 million to Rs. 2,900 million. At a time when all expenditures are being cut, can we not establish an electoral system that is more affordable in this context? We have been discussing this. I raise this because the public is talking about this burden as unbearable. There are also questions about the efficiency of this system. Therefore, I request from you, as well as from the Government, to inform us whether we can move towards a system that reduces costs.
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Cite as: Hon. Ravi Karunanayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 14 February 2025. No. 1739959022084634. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/24420