Wednesday, September 23, 2009

The Heads and Deputy Heads of the various groups in each Segment

The Heads and Deputy Heads of the various groups in each Segment to be elected as described below. The Head and the Deputy Head shall not be of the same gender, age or ethnic group in any group of any Segment provided there are more than 10% of eligible voters of any one ethnic group within that area. The Deputy Head has to be assigned sufficient powers and duties to make that office meaningful and would act for the Head in his/her absence. They shall act with the prior approval of the respective groups.

Segment A: by the members of the Segment from among themselves.

Segment B: by the members of the Segment from among themselves.

Segment C: collectively elected by the members of the various groups in all the Segments in that Region together with the members elected to Segment A and B from within that Region. An Assistant Head has to be elected to act for the Deputy Head in his/her absence and who shall not belong to the same ethnic group as that of the Deputy Head and where possible, different from the ethnicity of the Head as well.

Segment D: collectively by the members elected directly to that group of the Segment and members elected to Segments A and C from that district area.

Segment E: collectively by the members elected directly to that group and the members who have been elected to Segment D from that sub-divisional area.

Segment F: directly by the voters of that Grama Sevaka area in addition to the members of that Council.

Segment G: collectively by the members elected directly to that group of the Segment and members elected to Segment C from that divisional area.

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