COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s cupboard has accredited a proposal to reform the parliamentary election system within the island nation forward of the presidential election more likely to be held later this yr. A notice from the cupboard assembly held Monday launched right here on Tuesday stated {that a} cupboard sub-committee has been appointed to formulate a hybrid system for parliament illustration – 160 members to be appointed by first previous the submit system whereas 65 members could be elected below the proportional illustration system whereas retaining the full variety of MPs at 225.
Presently, 196 members are elected below districts-based proportional illustration whereas 29 members are appointed on the cumulative votes polled from the nationwide vote.
The cupboard notice added that the justice minister Dr Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe was suggested to work out a draft election regulation accordingly.
The transfer on the electoral reforms assumes significance because the nation is about to carry the following presidential election within the final quarter of this yr. The following parliamentary election will not be due earlier than August 2025.
Nevertheless, hypothesis is rife {that a} part of the ruling SLPP needs a parliamentary election to precede the presidential election.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has the facility to dissolve parliament for a snap election or the 225-member home can move a decision by easy majority to name for a recent parliamentary election.
However analysts say both occasion was unlikely to make the transfer for a snap parliamentary election.
Political sources stated that Wickremesinghe on Monday requested his cupboard members to prepare for the presidential election which ought to happen between September 15 and November 15.
Presently, 196 members are elected below districts-based proportional illustration whereas 29 members are appointed on the cumulative votes polled from the nationwide vote.
The cupboard notice added that the justice minister Dr Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe was suggested to work out a draft election regulation accordingly.
The transfer on the electoral reforms assumes significance because the nation is about to carry the following presidential election within the final quarter of this yr. The following parliamentary election will not be due earlier than August 2025.
Nevertheless, hypothesis is rife {that a} part of the ruling SLPP needs a parliamentary election to precede the presidential election.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has the facility to dissolve parliament for a snap election or the 225-member home can move a decision by easy majority to name for a recent parliamentary election.
However analysts say both occasion was unlikely to make the transfer for a snap parliamentary election.
Political sources stated that Wickremesinghe on Monday requested his cupboard members to prepare for the presidential election which ought to happen between September 15 and November 15.
