INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The newly formed Freedom Peoples Alliance (FPA) has actually raised concerns over the recent resistance shown by the Ministry of Finance to
launch the fund needed to hold to upcoming 2023 Local Government (LG) election.In a letter addressed to the President, members of the FPA
stated that in case the 2023 LG polls are not held pointing out reasons if insufficient financial resources and resources, it will
undoubtedly lead to withholding individuals from their right of suffrage, which the party deemed the source from which all other democratic
rights and freedoms circulation
Speaking on the recent choice made by the Finance Ministry to avoid releasing the required funds, the FPA asserted that as the needed funds
were already designated by the Parliament in the 2023 Budget which was passed in Parliament last year, consequently making it the imperative
duty of the Secretary to the Ministry to paces these resources at the disposal of the Election Commission
Failure to do so, manifestly, exposes this official to severe consequences emerging from worldwide violation of the Constitution , the
letter read.They even more pointed out the judgment made in the landmark case of Mohamed Hussain v Election Commission of Sri Lanka, in
which the court held that the failure to hold elections on the due date or delaying is an offense of the essential rights of the
people.Thus, the political party urged all relevant authorities to desist the Sri Lankan federal government from following a strategy which
is gravely destructive to the country, stating that the attempts made by the federal government to block the LG polls jeopardises the
survival of the democratic system of governance in Sri Lanka.
