A petition has been filed prior to the Supreme Court, looking for a writ order to be issued to the Elections Commission, suspending the conducting of city government elections.The petition has been filed by Army Colonel (Retired), W.M.R.Wijesundara.Chairman of the Election Commission, Nimal G.

Punchihewa and other members of the commission, the Prime Minister, the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance and the Attorney General have actually been called as the respondents of the relevant petition.The petitioner has mentioned that he inquired from the Election Commission concerning the expense to be sustained on the local government elections, under the Right to Information Act.Accordingly, the Election Commission has notified him that the approximated expense for the election amounts to Rs.

10 billion, the petitioner discussed even more.

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