people.com.cn, Fri Mar 24 21:08:54 EST 2006
Sri Lanka's ruling party received a major boost ahead of next week's local council election when the Appeal Court here Friday upheld a decision by the election authorities to reject the nomination list filed by the main opposition United National Party (UNP) for the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC).
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The UNP's list of nominations for the Colombo Municipal Council, the island's largest local authority was rejected by the Elections Department on technical grounds that an underaged candidate had been included in the list in violation of the election laws.
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