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It has been proved that the present election system is not suited to this country, the Minister said addressing the media.
"We have experienced it during the last 32 years. Election violence, elected representatives switching parties are all due to ills in the system of elections," Minister Gunasekara said.
"We have to act fast in the early period of next parliament," he added.
The present election system, adopted in 1978 is based on the proportional representation. The 1978 Constitution introduced a radical departure to the previously existed electoral system and electoral districts. Sri Lanka switched to proportional representation in 1989 discarding the simple majority system.
The Minister said the parliament is all set to be dissolved in the next few days when President gets back from his Russia trip and the general election is scheduled to be held in the first half of April.
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Feb 07, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Minister of Constitutional Affairs Dew Gunasekara says the current election system in the country needs to be changed to ensure a stable government.