Dalton elijah
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- Jul 19, 2022
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Sri Lanka imetangaza uchaguzi wake wa kwanza nchini kote tangu rais wake kutoroka na kujiuzulu kutokana na maandamano yaliyoenea, na kuvuruga Nchini ..
kura za serikali za mitaa zitafanyika kabla ya mwisho wa Februari, maafisa walisema Jumatano, baada ya kucheleweshwa kwa mwaka mmoja kwa sababu ya janga hilo.
rais Ranil Wickremesinghe, ambaye alichukua nafasi ya mtangulizi wake aliyeondolewa madarakani Gotabaya Rajapaksa, anakabiliwa na aibu katika kura hiyo, kwani alikuwa mwakilishi pekee wa chama chake bungeni.
miezi ya uhaba mkubwa wa chakula, mafuta na umeme tangu mwishoni mwa 2021 ilisababisha taharuki kubwa dhidi ya utawala wa Rajapaksa ambao ulilipa deni la nje la nchi $46bn mwezi wa Aprili.
Wickremesinghe mwenye umri wa miaka 73, waziri mkuu mara sita, alishinda kura ya ubunge kuchukua nafasi ya Rajapaksa kwa kuungwa mkono na chama cha SLPP cha Rajapaksa lakini hana mamlaka ya wananchi.
amebadilisha punguzo la ushuru lililoamriwa na mtangulizi wake na kupandisha bei kote huku mfumuko wa bei ulipofikia kilele cha karibu asilimia 70.
Wickremesinghe pia ameamuru msako mkali dhidi ya maandamano dhidi ya serikali.
katika chaguzi zilizopita za mitaa mwaka wa 2018, Chama chake cha United National Party kilipata asilimia 10 tu ya mabaraza 340, huku kikikubali 231 kwa SLPP.
amejaribu kusimamisha uchaguzi, akisema nchi iliyofilisika haiwezi kumudu rupia bilioni 10 ($27.6m) ambazo zingegharimu, lakini Tume huru ya Uchaguzi iliendelea hata hivyo.
katika taarifa fupi, Tume ya Uchaguzi imesema uteuzi wa nafasi za madiwani zaidi ya 8,000 utakuwa wazi kuanzia Januari 18 hadi 21, na baada ya hapo kura ni lazima ifanyike ndani ya siku 28.
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Sri Lanka has announced its first nationwide elections since its president fled and resigned in the face of widespread protests, in what will be a test of popularity for his successor.
Local government polls will be held before the end of February, officials said on Wednesday, after they were delayed by a year due to the pandemic
President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who replaced his deposed predecessor Gotabaya Rajapaksa, faces potential embarrassment in the vote, as he was his party’s sole representative in parliament.
Months of acute shortages of food, fuel and electricity since late 2021 led to mass agitation against Rajapaksa’s administration which defaulted on the country’s $46bn external debt in April.
The 73-year-old Wickremesinghe, a six-time prime minister, won a parliamentary vote to replace Rajapaksa with the backing of Rajapaksa’s SLPP party but has no popular mandate.
He has reversed tax cuts ordered by his predecessor and raised prices across the board as inflation peaked at a near-70 percent record.
Wickremesinghe has also ordered a crackdown against anti-government protests.
In the last local elections in 2018, his United National Party won just 10 percent of the 340 councils, while conceding 231 to the SLPP.
He has attempted to stall the polls, saying the bankrupt country cannot afford to spend the 10 billion rupees ($27.6m) they would cost, but the independent Election Commission went ahead anyway.
In a brief statement, the Election Commission said nominations for the more than 8,000 councillor positions would be open from January 18 to 21, after which the vote must be held within 28 days
SOURCES AL JAZEERA NEWS
kura za serikali za mitaa zitafanyika kabla ya mwisho wa Februari, maafisa walisema Jumatano, baada ya kucheleweshwa kwa mwaka mmoja kwa sababu ya janga hilo.
rais Ranil Wickremesinghe, ambaye alichukua nafasi ya mtangulizi wake aliyeondolewa madarakani Gotabaya Rajapaksa, anakabiliwa na aibu katika kura hiyo, kwani alikuwa mwakilishi pekee wa chama chake bungeni.
miezi ya uhaba mkubwa wa chakula, mafuta na umeme tangu mwishoni mwa 2021 ilisababisha taharuki kubwa dhidi ya utawala wa Rajapaksa ambao ulilipa deni la nje la nchi $46bn mwezi wa Aprili.
Wickremesinghe mwenye umri wa miaka 73, waziri mkuu mara sita, alishinda kura ya ubunge kuchukua nafasi ya Rajapaksa kwa kuungwa mkono na chama cha SLPP cha Rajapaksa lakini hana mamlaka ya wananchi.
amebadilisha punguzo la ushuru lililoamriwa na mtangulizi wake na kupandisha bei kote huku mfumuko wa bei ulipofikia kilele cha karibu asilimia 70.
Wickremesinghe pia ameamuru msako mkali dhidi ya maandamano dhidi ya serikali.
katika chaguzi zilizopita za mitaa mwaka wa 2018, Chama chake cha United National Party kilipata asilimia 10 tu ya mabaraza 340, huku kikikubali 231 kwa SLPP.
amejaribu kusimamisha uchaguzi, akisema nchi iliyofilisika haiwezi kumudu rupia bilioni 10 ($27.6m) ambazo zingegharimu, lakini Tume huru ya Uchaguzi iliendelea hata hivyo.
katika taarifa fupi, Tume ya Uchaguzi imesema uteuzi wa nafasi za madiwani zaidi ya 8,000 utakuwa wazi kuanzia Januari 18 hadi 21, na baada ya hapo kura ni lazima ifanyike ndani ya siku 28.
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Sri Lanka has announced its first nationwide elections since its president fled and resigned in the face of widespread protests, in what will be a test of popularity for his successor.
Local government polls will be held before the end of February, officials said on Wednesday, after they were delayed by a year due to the pandemic
President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who replaced his deposed predecessor Gotabaya Rajapaksa, faces potential embarrassment in the vote, as he was his party’s sole representative in parliament.
Months of acute shortages of food, fuel and electricity since late 2021 led to mass agitation against Rajapaksa’s administration which defaulted on the country’s $46bn external debt in April.
The 73-year-old Wickremesinghe, a six-time prime minister, won a parliamentary vote to replace Rajapaksa with the backing of Rajapaksa’s SLPP party but has no popular mandate.
He has reversed tax cuts ordered by his predecessor and raised prices across the board as inflation peaked at a near-70 percent record.
Wickremesinghe has also ordered a crackdown against anti-government protests.
In the last local elections in 2018, his United National Party won just 10 percent of the 340 councils, while conceding 231 to the SLPP.
He has attempted to stall the polls, saying the bankrupt country cannot afford to spend the 10 billion rupees ($27.6m) they would cost, but the independent Election Commission went ahead anyway.
In a brief statement, the Election Commission said nominations for the more than 8,000 councillor positions would be open from January 18 to 21, after which the vote must be held within 28 days
SOURCES AL JAZEERA NEWS
