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Special PSC appointed to recommend electoral system to conduct PC polls
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|February 21, 2026
An 11-member Special Parliamentary Select Committee has been appointed to examine the electoral system under which Provincial Council elections should be conducted and to submit proposals and recommendations to Parliament.
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Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne announced in the House yesterday (20) that the Committee has been constituted under the chairmanship of Minister Vijitha Herath.
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