The Jaffna Municipal Council will once again have a mayoral election. A gazette notification for this has been published.
Jaffna. Mayor V. Manivannan resigned when the City Council’s budget for 2023 could not be passed for the second time. Confusion ensued.
The Northern Province Local Government Commissioner C. Pranavanathan had announced that there will be no re-election of the mayor based on the local government rules.
Jaffna. He also said that he would inquire about the future of the Municipal Council from the Legislative Council.
However, some were also commenting that mayoral elections may be held again.
In this situation, the Northern Provincial Local Government Commissioner has announced that the mayoral election will be held again. A gazette notification has also been published.