COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's Election Commission has asked officials to prepare for presidential elections in the coming months, a media report said on Saturday.
The Election Commission had earlier announced that the presidential elections would be held between September 17 and October 16.
All concerned government institutions for logistics and preparedness, including manpower, vehicles, polling stations and printing, a statement from the commission quoted Election Commission Chairman R M A L Rathnayake as saying.
News portal NewsFirst.lk said Rathnayake had sent a letter to district assistant and deputy election commissioners, besides the government press, police, Ceylon Electricity Board, National Water Supply and Drainage Board and other institutions, asking them to prepare a document on the number . Requirement of officers and vehicles.
The circular has also informed the District Assistant Election Commissioners to prepare polling stations through local rural authorities.
75-year-old Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has not made any public statement on his bid for re-election. From mid-July 2022, he is serving the remainder of the term of ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
Wickremesinghe intends to contest the elections as an independent candidate supported by all political parties that are intent on maintaining the economic reform program set out by him.
The other two main opposition leaders, Sajith Premadasa and Anura Kumara Dissanayake from the Marxist JVP, have already announced their candidature.
The Election Commission had earlier announced that the presidential elections would be held between September 17 and October 16.
All concerned government institutions for logistics and preparedness, including manpower, vehicles, polling stations and printing, a statement from the commission quoted Election Commission Chairman R M A L Rathnayake as saying.
News portal NewsFirst.lk said Rathnayake had sent a letter to district assistant and deputy election commissioners, besides the government press, police, Ceylon Electricity Board, National Water Supply and Drainage Board and other institutions, asking them to prepare a document on the number . Requirement of officers and vehicles.
The circular has also informed the District Assistant Election Commissioners to prepare polling stations through local rural authorities.
75-year-old Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has not made any public statement on his bid for re-election. From mid-July 2022, he is serving the remainder of the term of ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
Wickremesinghe intends to contest the elections as an independent candidate supported by all political parties that are intent on maintaining the economic reform program set out by him.
The other two main opposition leaders, Sajith Premadasa and Anura Kumara Dissanayake from the Marxist JVP, have already announced their candidature.
