13 December, 2020
Former Chairman of the Election Commission Mahinda Deshapriya has been appointed as Chairman of the Delimitation Commission.
The other members of the Commission are Jayalath Ravi Dissanayake and P.H.G. Premasiri.
The current Delimitation Commission was constituted under articles 41B and 95 (1) of the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka on November 13, 2015 and tasked with developing a proposal to redraw parliamentary, provincial and Local Government electoral boundaries.
Deshapriya’s tenure as the Chairman of the Election Commission ended on November 13. He had served the Commission for over 37 years.
The new Election Commission members assumed duties on Thursday, December 10.