Speaker Karu Jayasuriya has informed Parliament that the amended Local Government Election Bill will be signed on August 31.

The Local Government Amendment Bill was passed in Parliament on August 24, with 120 voting for, none against and 44 abstaining.

The amendment to the Local Government Bill seeks to change the electoral system to a hybrid of the First-Past-The-Post and Proportional Representation system.

60 percent of the members will be chose through First-Past-The-Post system and 40 percent on Proportional Representation (PR) basis.