EC gets Rs. 100 Mn from Treasury

By PRIYAN DE SILVA 

Chairman of the Election Commission (EC) Nimal Punchihewa yesterday confirmed that the EC had received Rs 100 million out of the Rs. 770 million it had requested from the government to meet election-related expenses in February.

The EC Chairman said that preparations for the Local Authorities poll were going ahead as planned and hoped that the government would release the balance Rs. 670 million, within the next two weeks.

Punchihewa added that a meeting between Secretaries of political parties contesting the election, and officials of the Election Commission, will be held tomorrow (14).The local authorities poll is to be held on 9th March, while postal voting will take place on Feb. 22, 23, 24. 677,412 electors have qualified for advanced voting.