At the UNP special convention held at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that, in accordance with the constitution, the presidential election is scheduled for next year, followed by the parliamentary election & the provincial council election is planned for early 2025.
“Both the Presidential election and the general elections will be held next year while the Provincial Council election will be held in early 2025” the President said.
“Around 50 percent of the voting population in the country reject all political parties. They want a new political culture. I will be appointing a commission headed by retired chief justice Priyasad Dep to look into political parties. There are a large number of political parties in the country. No one knows who leads them. The new commission will look into details on the parties. Some parties are influenced by persons who offer them large sums of money. The commission will probe into all these and make recommendations regarding parties in six werks time. I would like to know the stand of political parties on this move,” he said.
