(Lanka-e-News- 19.Aug.2015, 6.25PM) The General election official results have not been announced yet . Consequently, there is a delay in swearing in of the prime minister and the Parliament commencing sessions.
The delay in the official announcement of election results is because , UPFA’s sacked secretary Susil Premajayantha as well as the newly appointed acting secretary Professor Vishwa Warnapala submitting separate national list candidates (two lists) to the Elections commissioner , which had driven the latter into a grave legal predicament.
The final results cannot be announced officially without confirming who are the national list candidates . Moreover the new government cannot be sworn in without an official gazette notification.
Based on a court injunction order issued against the ex secretary Premajayantha, he cannot clearly in any case submit a national list of candidates legally. But the issue is pertaining to the appointment of the SLFP acting secretary. According to the UPFA constitution , the appointment of acting secretary can be made by ’ the SLFP party ‘
The Elections commissioner has therefore sought legal advice to determine whether the term ‘party’ means the ‘party president,’ and whether the party president is empowered in that respect.
The elections commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya is to hold discussions in this regard with the attorney general this afternoon. In any event , it is the elections commissioner who is vested with the discretionary power to decide which list shall be accepted.
Under the constitution , the Elections commissioner is bound to release the official results within a week of the final result is made available. In the circumstances the elections commissioner must mandatorily announce the results officially via gazette notification before Monday next.
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