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PAFFREL discusses electoral reforms with MEP
The Island
|October 07, 2025
Head of the PAFFREL organization Rohana Hettiarachchi, recently appreciated the role played by former Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, as Leader of the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna and as the longest-serving chairman of the Parliamentary Elections Reforms Committee in spearheading efforts to introduce electoral reforms. The meeting was held at the Paffrel headquarters in Kirulapone.
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A number of proposals were discussed to elevate Sri Lanka's electoral system to a freer, clean, efficient, and especially democratic system of governance that will strongly represent the sovereignty of the people. The following issues were taken up: Holding of All Elections on the sam
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