Socialist Alliance Demands Immediate Provincial Council Elections 🗳️

The Socialist Alliance (which includes LSSP, SLMP, DLF, & CPSL) has demanded the NPP Government immediately hold the long-overdue Provincial Council (PC) Elections. • Overdue Since 2018: All nine PCs are currently run by Government-appointed officials, leading to an absence of public accountability and weakened democratic norms. • Impact: The prolonged delay has contributed to increased bureaucratic inefficiency and social unrest, especially in regions reliant on PC services. • Delay Justification: The NPP Government continues to cite incomplete boundary delimitation as the reason for the postponement—a tactic used by successive administrations since 2017. • Viable Options: The Alliance contends the government has legal options (like forming a new committee or passing simple legislation to use the old system) and that the failure to act suggests a lack of political will. • Demand: The Alliance calls on the NPP Government to provide the public with a roadmap laying out target dates for holding the elections and requests all political parties to unite in this demand.