Commissioner General of Elections Saman Sri Rathnayake states that the Rs.10 billion allocated for the Local Government polls is sufficient.
“The previous election cost an estimated Rs. 8 billion due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but we managed to spend only Rs. 5.8 billion,” he added.
The Commissioner General of Elections believes that the final cost for the election will be less than the estimated cost. “We initially asked for Rs. 11 billion, then we estimated it at Rs. 9.3 billion, but Rs. 10 billion was allocated in the budget,” he explained.