by Staff Writer 10-11-2019 | 9:29 AM
COLOMBO(News 1st) - The deadline for the acceptance of applications for temporary IDs has been extended to the 12th of November.
The Commissioner-General of the National Elections Commission, Saman Sri Ratnayaka said that this decision was taken following a discussion yesterday(November 10).
Meanwhile, the Department for Registration of Persons said that they had issued 300,000 temporary IDs and handed them over to the Elections Commission.
The Commissioner-General of the Elections Commission stated that the temporary IDs will be distributed to the relevant individuals via Grama Sevaka Offices islandwide.