PC polls must be held by May says Election Commissioner

<p>Sri Lanka's Election Commissioner has said the provincial council polls must be held before April 31, 2019.&nbsp;</p> <p>"It would be a violation of human rights if the polls are not held within the said time frame," Mahinda Deshapriya told Sunday Times.&nbsp;</p> <p>Deshapriya noted that 60 days is sufficient to organise the election, and Rs 4000 million would be required.&nbsp;</p> <p>Read more <a href="http://www.sundaytimes.lk/article/1060724/pc-polls-must-be-held-within-…">here</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p>In his resignation letter, Mahinda Rajapaksa criticised the UNP's postponing of elevtions.&nbsp;</p> <p>"No one has any inkling in such a way that those elections will be held," he wrote. "The law has been manipulated in such a way that those elections will be put off indefinitely."</p>