Political analyst and former diplomat Dayan Jayatilleka has warned that additional delays in holding provincial council elections may render them irrelevant, elevating the danger that the elections might by no means be held.
He made these remarks throughout a dialogue discussion board titled ‘Democracy and Sovereignty Below Menace’.
Jayatilleka stated the Basic Secretary of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) had advised his predecessor, Lionel Bopage, that his occasion didn’t need provincial councils or the Indo-Lanka Accord.
He additionally stated Bopage had made the assertion public on social media.
Jayatilleka warned that the absence of a selected time-frame for the parliamentary choose committee appointed to make proposals on provincial council elections may end result within the elections by no means being held.
“The individuals of Sri Lanka have been disadvantaged of their proper to elect representatives to provincial councils, which represent the intermediate tier of presidency.
One other committee has been appointed to evaluate the whole electoral system. That course of, too, may end in individuals being disadvantaged of their voting rights.
This can be a harmful state of affairs. Political events that may unite for the sake of the nation should come collectively,” he stated.
In the meantime, lawyer Shirall Lakthilaka additionally addressed the discussion board, explaining how the rule of legislation might be used as a weapon to attain political targets.
Though President Anura Kumara Dissanayake had pledged that everybody could be handled equally earlier than the legislation, Lakthilaka alleged that the rule of legislation had been politicised.
Quoting the saying, “The silence of fine individuals is extra harmful than the cruelty of dangerous individuals”, Lakthilaka additionally cited a press release attributed to Martin Luther King Jr. in help of his argument.
Observe: The claims regarding the JVP’s place on provincial councils and the Indo-Lanka Accord, the potential cancellation of provincial council elections, and the alleged politicisation of the rule of legislation are attributed statements made by the audio system on the discussion board.
They haven’t been independently verified
