Talk:Government of the Northern Province, Sri Lanka

Merger proposal
I propose that Government of the Northern Province be merged into Northern Provincial Council. Both articles discuss the exact same content, infact the history section is exactly the same. Since there is no actual RS indicating that the term "Government of the Northern Province" is a common term this article is in fact WP:OR. The sections discussed such as Legislature, Executive (Governor, Board of Ministers) are in fact institutions of the Provincial Council as per the |definition of the Provincial Councils]. Cossde (talk) 14:36, 26 November 2014 (UTC) talk contr 21:12, 26 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Oppose - You're reasoning is all wrong. The Government of the Northern Province and the Northern Provincial Council are separate entities. They are as separate as the Cabinet of Sri Lanka and the Parliament of Sri Lanka. The Government of the Northern Province is headed by the Governor who is appointed by the President of the country, the provincial council has no powers over the governor.-- obi2canibe
 * Please read and . Cossde (talk) 13:47, 27 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Oppose - I agree you have confused your self. A government is the framework for governance, that includes the three branches the Executive, Legislature and Judiciary. This article, the Government of the Northern Province talks about the framework for governance in the Northern Province, while the Northern Provincial Council is the legislative body. The articles need to be expanded, not merged due to similar content.--Blackknight12 (talk) 04:09, 27 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Blackknight12, I do agree with your definition of framework for governance, I thought this to be the same here. Until I studied the Provincial Council system. If you were to read the simple definition given by the SL government here and the more comprehensive hand book on PCs by People’s Action for Free and Fair Elections (PAFFREL) you will understand that Provincial Council system includes in its structure the posts of Governor, Board of Ministers, Council and its bureaucracy as one body but different initiates as defined in the Provincial Councils Act. That is why if you were to check on the northern and eastern Provincial Council websites among others, you will find the Secretariats of the Governor, Council, Board of Ministers and the Chief Secretary in the same website as it is all part of the same entity called the Provincial Council. Naturally given the structure one might at first relate to Cabinet and Parliament, but instead it is more similar to the State Council of Ceylon which comprised of a Board of Ministers who were not a cabinet but part of the State Council itself. This is why a Governor can administrate a province without an elected council, where as a President can not rule the country without an elected parliament. In any event since there are nine provinces, a detailed article on the Provincial Council system can detail the administrative system and the individual Provincial Council pages can detail about their own history. Cossde (talk) 13:47, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

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