2595/’12
Hon. Sajith Premadasa,— To ask the Minister of Local Government and Provincial Councils,—
(a) Will he state—
(i) whether a minimum percentage of women in the lists of candidates submitted for local government elections has been stipulated in the Local Government Law;
(ii) if not, whether he admits that a specific percentage in the lists of candidates be reserved for women candidates;
(iii) if so, the percentage that should be so reserved; and
(iv) whether the aforesaid percentage of women candidates is sufficient in proportion to the percentage of women population at present ?
(b) If not, why?
Asked Date
2013-08-07
Asked by
Hon. Sajith Premadasa, M.P.
Ministry
Local Government & Provincial Councils
Legislature
Seventh Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka
Session
First Session
ගරු ඉන්දික බණ්ඩාරනායක මහතා (පළාත් පාලන හා පළාත් සභා නියෝජ්ය අමාත්යතුමා)
(மாண்புமிகு இந்திக பண்டாரநாயக்க - உள்ளூராட்சி, மாகாண சபைகள் பிரதி அமைச்சர்)
(The Hon. Indika Bandaranayake - Deputy Minister of Local Government and Provincial Councils)
ගරු කථානායකතුමනි, පළාත් පාලන හා පළාත් සභා අමාත්යතුමා වෙනුවෙන් මා මෙම ප්රශ්නයට පිළිතුරු දෙනවා.
(අ) (i) නැත.
(ii) දැනටමත් සියයට 25ක් තරුණයන්ගෙන් සහ කාන්තා අපේක්ෂකයන්ගෙන් සමන්විත විය හැකිය.
(iii) අදාළ නොවේ.
(iv) ඔව්.
(ආ) අදාළ නොවේ.
Answered Date
2013-10-24
Answered by
Hon. Indika Bandaranayake, M.P.
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