SJB to sue EC if LG polls delayed

By Norman Palihawadane

SJB’s Colombo Mayoral candidate Mujibur Rahuman says that he will institute legal action against the Election Commission (EC) if it fails to conduct the local government elections, as scheduled.

“I will demand one billion rupees as compensation from the EC if it does not hold the local government elections. I resigned from my parliamentary seat following the EC’s under

taking to hold the local government elections to contest for Colombo Municipal Council.All the candidates in the elections process have been wronged by the EC,” Rahuman told The Island.

Former SJB MP Rahuman said that the EC had issued various statements on the elections. “If the EC fails to conduct the elections on 09 March, I will go to courts seeking compensation,” he said.

Rahuman resigned from Parliament to contest for the Mayor of Colombo at the upcoming local government election.Former Minister A. H. M. Fowzie, who polled 48,701 votes from the SJBs Colombo District at 2020 parliamentary election, was sworn in as an MP.