{"id":184672,"date":"2017-11-22T23:18:15","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T17:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=184672"},"modified":"2017-11-23T15:19:41","modified_gmt":"2017-11-23T09:49:41","slug":"anura-k-accuses-slfp-of-scuttling-lg-election-calls-for-faizers-resignation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/anura-k-accuses-slfp-of-scuttling-lg-election-calls-for-faizers-resignation\/","title":{"rendered":"Anura K Accuses SLFP Of Scuttling LG Election, Calls For Faizer&#8217;s Resignation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JVP Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Anura+Kumar+Dissanayake\">Anura Kumara Dissanayake<\/a> accused the Sri Lanka Freedom Party of conspiring to postpone local government elections indefinitely and accused Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Faizer+Mustapha\">Faizer Mustapha<\/a> of deliberately submitting an erroneous gazette notification and that too after an inordinate delay.<\/p>\n<p>Dissanayake claims that Mustapha knew that there would be legal action demanding that the gazette be held back. 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