Election date to be announced within the week

Election date to be announced within the week

June 8, 2020   04:41 pm

The date for holding the General Election will be declared within this week, stated the Elections Commission a short while ago.

The Elections Commission is currently holding a press conference regarding the General Election 2020, in Colombo.

Earlier today (08), the members of the Elections Commission convened to decide on the date to hold the upcoming general election.

Speaking at the press conference, Chairman of the Commission Mahinda Deshapriya further said that the gazette pertaining to the preferential numbers will be issued tomorrow (09).

Deshapriya had made a request to the Director-General of Health Services Dr. Anil Jasinghe to regularize campaign guidelines through a gazette.

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