The letter released to all district secretaries advising them to suspend accepting deposits from prospects for the upcoming local government (LG) election has actually been recalled, the Secretary to the Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs - & Local Government states.

Earlier today, in a video declaration, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa clarified a letter, signed by the ministerial secretary Neil Bandara Hapuhinna, advising all district secretaries to stop accepting deposits for the LG election up until further notification, pursuant to a choice taken by the Cabinet of Ministers.He implicated specific consultants and officials of the presidential secretariat of being engaged in a national coup to hold off the city government election.Premadasa, knocking the attempts to postpone the election, gotten in touch with the government not to play with individualss right to vote.Meanwhile, the Election Commission restated that it is the obligation of district returning officers, who are designated as choose to make certain the deposits placed by the election candidates are accepted.The letter, addressed to all district returning officers, was issued by the commissioner-general of the election body, Saman Sri Ratnayake.