the Government will hold the local government elections for the Jaffna Municipal Council and the Vavuniya Urban Council soon. The Gazette Notification in this connection was to be issued last night. Nominations for the election will be announced on June 4.
According to Local Government and Provincial Councils Minister Janaka Bandara Tennakoon, establishment of local government bodies in the North would give an impetus for development and democracy in the Northern province which was battered by terrorism for almost three decades.
