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Franchise is the key Source:Island The government now has another problem to contend with, an unnerving one at that; it is troubled by the prospect of having to face an election, which it is scared stiff of. The Opposition is making the most of the SLPP’s fear of elections; it has gone into overdrive to pressure the government to conduct the much-delayed Local Government (LG) elections. It says the Election Commission (EC) is now in a position to hold the LG polls. The Opposition’s call for the LG polls has come while the UNHRC is cranking up pressure on the government to hold the Provincial Council (PC) elections, which have been postponed indefinitely. Curiously, not even the ardent proponents of devolution protested when the Yahapalana government amended the PC Elections Act, in 2017, to postpone the PC polls, which it was scared of facing. The TNA, which is calling for the PC ...