Despite requests from the Treasury on many occasions, the government printer has not yet received the funds necessary for the printing of ballot papers, and as a result, the printing of ballot papers for the LG elections has not yet started, Government Printer Gangani Kalpana Liyanage said.
According to the notification made by the Election Commission on the directions of the Supreme Court, the Government Printer has asked for necessary funds for the LG elections from the treasury elections to no avail.
The government printer says that she at least needs 200 million rupees to start the printing work and assures she could deliver the postal ballots within six days and all the other election-related material within a month.
