UPFA files 20 petitions against nomination rejection
February 7, 2011 04:14 pm
The UPFA today filed 20 petitions at the Court of Appeals against the rejection of nomination papers presented for the Local Government election. Officials including the Election Commissioner have been named as respondents in the petitions submitted by UPFA General Secretary Susil Premajayantha.
The petitions have been filed for Local Government institutions such as Valikamam, Kilinochchi, Point Pedro, Jaffna, Karainagar, Delft Island, Chavakachcheri Municipal Councils and Velanai Pradeshiya Sabha.
The petitions state that the respective District Secretaries had rejected the nomination papers stating errors in the Tamil translations presented with the nominations.
The decision taken by the District Secretary to reject these nomination papers is unlawful the General Secretary of the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) points out and therefore requests the Appeal Court to order the Election Commissioner to re-accept the nominations.
The petitions have been filed for Local Government institutions such as Valikamam, Kilinochchi, Point Pedro, Jaffna, Karainagar, Delft Island, Chavakachcheri Municipal Councils and Velanai Pradeshiya Sabha.
The petitions state that the respective District Secretaries had rejected the nomination papers stating errors in the Tamil translations presented with the nominations.
The decision taken by the District Secretary to reject these nomination papers is unlawful the General Secretary of the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) points out and therefore requests the Appeal Court to order the Election Commissioner to re-accept the nominations.
