Tag: TISL condemns private member bill to reconvene dissolved Local Government Authorities without holding elections

Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) condemns the anti-democratic private member’s bills presented to Parliament by SLPP MP Jayantha Ketagoda to re-convene the dissolved Local Government Authorities (LGAs) without holding elections. TISL believes that this move would be a heavy blow to the people’s sovereignty enshrined in the Constitution. Local Government Members are the grass-roots level […]