No dissolution but possible suspension of CMC

Crucial meeting today:

Shirley Wijesinghe

Government sources yesterday dismissed speculation of a dissolution of Colombo Municipal Council but did not rule out suspension of the country's premier local body. These sources stressed that present administration of CMC was not at a satisfactory level and a decision on its fate was only inevitable.

Meanwhile, sources at the CMC revealed that a decisive meeting is to be held today with the President based on the recommendations of the committee appointed by Western Provincial Chief Minister Reginald Cooray to probe the irregularities and malpractices at the CMC. The Committee was headed by Retired Court of Appeal Judge Dr. Chandradasa Nanayakkara.

UPFA Councillors the "Spectacle Group" the Chief Minister and Western Provincial Governor will participate at the discussion,the sources added. Ratepayer Businessman M. de Silva told the Daily News there had been no action forthcoming even though six months had elapsed since the handing over of the Committee report which focused on the irregularities and malpractices at the CMC.