ECONOMYNEXT – Greater than 80 % of the candidates who contested in Sri Lanka’s parliamentary polls have submitted their obligatory marketing campaign revenue and expenditure stories earlier than the deadline, the island nation’s Election Fee (EC) knowledge confirmed.
The EC final week warned the candidates and political events to file their expense report to clarify their marketing campaign financing earlier than the top of November 06.
Out of the whole 8,361 candidates, 88.6 % or 7,412 have submitted their stories to the Election Fee earlier than the deadline, the Fee mentioned in an announcement on Monday (09).
Out of a complete 690 political events and impartial teams, solely 71.4 % (493) and out of 527 named nationwide record members, 82.4 % (434) submitted their stories, the EC mentioned.
The EC warned of authorized motion for the candidates who fail to fulfil the duty and presumably of shedding their alternative in contesting at native authorities or provincial council polls.
Such compiling has been made obligatory in keeping with the Regulation of Election Expenditure Act which has been efficient for the primary time in Sri Lanka this 12 months. (Colombo/December 09/2024)
