Candidates presenting their nominations same time must submit their asset declarations.
The National Election Commission has announced that candidates presenting their nominations for the upcoming general election must submit their asset declarations at the same time.
This is a mandatory requirement. Previously, there have been numerous instances where candidates did not present their asset declarations when submitting nominations.
Even after elections, there have been ministers who failed to submit their asset declarations. The Election Commissioner General, Saman Sri Ratnayake, told National Radio that investigations regarding any allegations of bribery or corruption related to the submitted asset declarations will be conducted by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption.
Applications for postal voting for the parliamentary general election will begin next Tuesday. Applications can be submitted until the 8th of next month. All those wishing to vote by post in the general election must reapply.
It is possible that the service locations of officials who applied for postal voting in the previous presidential election have changed in some way.
Therefore, it is essential for everyone to submit postal voting applications. He also mentioned that an estimate of 1.1 billion rupees has been prepared for conducting the general election.
Meanwhile, the Election Commission states that the nomination period for the general election will be from the 4th to the 11th of this month until noon.
The general election is scheduled to be held on the 14th of November. In the upcoming parliamentary general election, the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi has decided to contest under the banner of the Tamil National Alliance.
This decision was made at the party’s central committee meeting yesterday. Accordingly, they will contest the upcoming parliamentary general election in alliance with the parties Telo and Plot.
