Sri Lanka Mirror reports that Presidential advisors are now focusing on the possibility of holding a general election, prior to the Presidential poll in 2020.
The website also claims that the opinions of legal experts will be sought regarding the matter shortly.
The matter has come before the political arena through a social media post put up by Senior coordinating officer of the President, Attorney at Law Shiral Lakthilaka.
In his post, Shiral has said: “The next presidential election is to be held no later than November 2019 and not by August 2020 according to article 1 (3) of the constitution".
Shiral Lakithilaka’s FB post
Many opinions are now being expressed for and against his post while an extensive conversation on the issue is currently ongoing in social media with several academics also voicing their opinions in this regard.
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