Editing Colombo (section)

===Local government===

Colombo is a [[charter city]], with a [[mayor-council government]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Colombo Municipal Council |url=http://colombo.mc.gov.lk/colombo.php |access-date=2018-04-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413185636/http://colombo.mc.gov.lk/colombo.php |archive-date=2018-04-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The mayor and council members are elected through local government elections held once in five years. For the past 50 years the city had been ruled by the [[United National Party]] (UNP), a [[Right-wing politics|right]] leaning party, whose business-friendly policies resonate with the population of Colombo. However, the UNP nomination list for the 2006 Municipal elections was rejected,<ref>[http://www.bbc.com/sinhala/news/story/2006/02/060216_colombo.shtml Colombo UNP list rejected] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016093710/http://www.bbc.com/sinhala/news/story/2006/02/060216_colombo.shtml |date=2015-10-16 }}, ''BBC News'', February 16, 2006</ref> and an Independent Group supported by the UNP won the elections.<ref>[http://www.bbc.com/sinhala/news/story/2006/05/060521_cmc_election.shtml Independent group wins CMC] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016093710/http://www.bbc.com/sinhala/news/story/2006/05/060521_cmc_election.shtml |date=2015-10-16 }}, ''BBC News'', May 21, 2006</ref> [[Uvais Mohamed Imitiyas]] was subsequently appointed Mayor of Colombo.<ref>[http://www.sundaytimes.lk/060528/index.html Rotational mayors as Colombo gets trishaw driver as her first citizen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070716163027/http://www.sundaytimes.lk/060528/index.html |date=2007-07-16 }}, ''Sunday Times'', May 28, 2006</ref>

The city government provides sewer, road and waste management services to the residents. In the case of water, electricity and telephone utility services, the council liaises with the [[National Water Supply and Drainage Board|National Water Supply and Drainage Board (NWSDB)]], the [[Ceylon Electricity Board|Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB)]] and [[Telecommunications in Sri Lanka|telephone service providers]] operating in the country respectively.