Tuesday, June 3, 2014

People Council was started in Ampara District



People council was started as upper step of the citizen forum process in Agrarian training center in Palamunei on 30 of April 2012. A.L.M. Nazeer, president and M.A. Anzil, vice president of Addalachchenei pradeshiya sabha and citizen forum representatives form Palamunei, Addalachchenei, Oluvil, Thiraikeni, Alamkulam and few people in Deegavapi participated to the people council.

People council is a space or stage, which both people and political representatives can discuss face to face being in the same table on development issues in the area. People council is a development of the citizen forum process because citizen forum is being conducted for more than six months. There were more than twenty citizen forum members and focus group members in the people council. This is a new experience for people as well as pradeshiya sabha representatives because people council was not organized before this.

The people council provided an excellent opportunity for the people to question about development issues in the area directly. Politicians were challenged on weakness of supplying services as pradeshiya sabha responsibility. People asked many questions, which related to the responsibility of pradeshiya sabha form political representatives. Political representatives also had opportunity to explain about the development issues from their side.
 
President of pradeshiya sabha also appreciated the people’s council as a great effort to open space for bath to discuss about the development issues . Citizen forum has planed to hold the people council convening other responsible officials in the area.

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