The Local Government bodies will undergo a significant social and economic change through the introduction of female representation according to the new system of elections, Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government Faiszer Musthapha said.
Further speaking the Minister said that members of the Local Government institutions should step out from the era from which they became contractors.
Minister Faiszer Musthapha made this statement at a ceremony held in Colombo yesterday (18).
The Government gazetted the Provincial Councils Elections (Amendment) Bill to increase the number of female representatives in Provincial Councils, making it binding on all political parties and independent groups to field at least 30 per cent female candidates in Provincial Council elections.
The Bill was issued by Minister Faiszer Musthapha as a Supplement to the Gazette on July 7.
