by Shantha Chandrasiri in Daily Mirror online, Jan 6, 2023 at 01:55 pmThe Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) is planning to contest the upcoming local government election as a single political party and not as a constituent party of an alliance formed by the Sri Lanka Podujana Peremuna, the United National Party, or the JVP. Deputy General Secretary of the SLFP and former Chief Minister of the Central Province, Sarath Ekanayake, told the media yesterday…
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By Rathindra Kuruwita in The Island, Jan 7, 2023The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), Uttara Lanka Sabawa (ULS), and Nidahas Sabawa, would join forces with another party represented in Parliament to form a coalition to contest the coming Local Council election, leaders of the parties said, addressing the media at the Elections Secretariat, yesterday. ULS member MP Wimal Weerawansa said that they would announce the name and the symbol of the new coalition on Monday.…
by Ranjith Rajapakse in Daily Mirror online, Jan 6, 2023 at 01:36 pmThe Ceylon Workers’ Congress (CWC) has decided to contest the upcoming local government election independently under the fowl symbol. Senior Vice Chairman of the party Kanapathi Kanagarajah told the media that this decision was taken at a meeting held under the chairmanship of General Secretary of the CWC, Parliamentarian Jeewan Thondaman and attended by senior leaders and the candidates contesting the local government…
by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, Jan 6, 2023Independent candidates who rebelled against their parties when denied election tickets in the November polls have started returning to their mother organisations. Of them, the winners have been making a beeline to the parties they quit. Such lawmakers’ return becomes a win-win situation for both sides because the lawmaker can again become active in the old organisation while the party gets one more seat in Parliament,…
by Nishan Khatiwada in The Kathmandu Post, Jan 6, 2023Independent candidates who rebelled against their parties when denied election tickets in the November polls have started returning to their mother organisations. Of them, the winners have been making a beeline to the parties they quit. Such lawmakers’ return becomes a win-win situation for both sides because the lawmaker can again become active in the old organisation while the party gets one more seat in Parliament,…
by Kamal Ahmed in The Daily Star, Jan 5, 2023The writer is an independent journalist.As we enter 2023, there remains palpable anxiety and nervousness about the national political landscape. It is expected that the 12th parliamentary election will be held at the end of this year or early next year, thereby making everything in politics revolve around the issue of the national election. In a way, the ruling Awami League has already kicked off its…
report in Prothom Alo, Dec 29, 2022A new alliance of 11 parties has been launched ahead of the 12th national parliamentary elections. National People’s Party (NPP) chairman Fariduzzaman Farhad announced the alliance, Jatiyatabadi Samomona Jote, on Wednesday at a press conference at the National Press Club in Dhaka in presence of the party’s senior leaders. The members of the 11-party alliance are: National People’s Party (NPP) led by Fariduzzaman Farhad and Mostafizur Rahman Mostafa; Khandaker…
report in Prothom Alo, Dec 25, 2022Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) will hold country-wide mass processions on Saturday with 10 demands, which includes resignation of ruling Awami League and holding the next general elections under a neutral caretaker government. Ganatantra Mancha, 12-party alliance, LDP, Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh and other opposition parties have also declared their support to the movement. Sources said that with this programme the opposition parties are starting their simultaneous movement to oust the government.…
report in The Nation online, Dec 25, 2022 at 11:03 AMPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League Quaid (PML-Q) held its third round of talks for seat adjustment on Saturday ahead of the general elections. The third round of talks between PTI and PML-Q leaders was held at Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi’s residence in Lahore. The session was attended by Pervaiz Elahi, Moonis Elahi, Hussain Elahi, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Pervez Khattak, Fawad Chaudhry, Farhat…
report in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 21, 2022Voting is underway at the parliamentary party office of the Nepali Congress in Singha Durbar to elect its parliamentary party leader. Gagan Thapa, the 46-year-old general secretary of the Nepali Congress, is running against the 76-year-old party president Sher Bahadur Deuba, who is also the incumbent prime minister, for the position of parliamentary party leader in the election today. The winner of the parliamentary party election will be…
by Purushottam Poudel in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 20, 2022Nepali Congress, which emerged as the largest political party from the November 20 elections, has begun the process of picking its parliamentary party leader. In a statement issued on Monday, the party said the election for the parliamentary party leader would be held on Wednesday. Earlier, on Sunday, the meeting of the party’s central work execution committee had formed a three-member election committee led by Joint…