Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has received 13 petitions against the proposed 20th Amendment, the Speaker Karu Jayasuriya told parliament on Wednesday, Ceylon Today reported.
The Amendment seeks to hold all provincial council elections on one day, and has led to the postponement of elections in provinces such as the Eastern Province.
It has been widely criticised by councils, as well as election monitoring bodies.
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