The bill to amend the Provincial Councils Elections Act, No. 2 of 1988 is scheduled to be tabled in Parliament on the 25th of April.
The Private Member Bill by Parliamentarian MA Sumanthiran was published in government gazette in 2019 as the Provincial Councils Elections (Amendment) Bill.
According to MP Sumanthiran, the first reading of the bill will take place on Tuesday.
If Parliament adopts the bill, the delayed Provincial Council elections can be held under the previous voting system.
The Provincial Councils Elections Amendment Bill was passed by Parliament on the 20th of September 2017 with the support of more than two-thirds of the Members of Parliament.
However, it led to the delay of the Provincial Councils elections for more than five years.