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Friday, October 2nd, 2020
Janaki Chandraratna I like to thank Mr. C. A. Chandraperuma for his article ‘Closure Scrutiny of Criticisms Against 20A’, Sunday Island, 20th Sept. 2020, for clarifying some of the controversies relating to 20th Amendment. In fact much of the unwanted speculation and criticisms could have been avoided if the Govt., had informed at least the […]
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Friday, October 2nd, 2020
By Raj Gonsalkorale Sri Lanka’s debt to GDP ratio is expected to be more than 90% this year, and Moody’s have downgraded Sri Lanka’s sovereign credit rating by two notches, saying the South Asian nation would be hard-pressed to secure funding to service its huge foreign debt. Sri Lanka was pushed down from “B2” (high […]
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Monday, September 28th, 2020
Palitha Mapatuna Paradoxically, the contention in some quarters seems to be that restoration of the authority of the president to that held prior to the 19th amendment to the constitution would now amount to an infringement of the sovereignty of the people. In any case, the president is directly elected by the country and, as such, […]
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Monday, September 28th, 2020
Lt Col. Anil Amarasekera (Retd.) Mr. K M B Kotakadeniya (Senior D.I.G. Retd.) Co-Presidents – National Joint Committee Mr. Kalinga Indratissa PCThe President Bar Association of Sri Lanka,Hulftsdrop Street,Colombo 12. Dear Sir, Facilitating the Introduction of Urgent Bills through the 20th Amendment to the Constitution The Government has presented to Parliament an amendment to the […]
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Saturday, September 19th, 2020
By Neville Ladduwahetty Courtesy The Island The 20th Amendment (20A) to the Constitution has become a topic of spirited debate and discussion. Much of it is generated by misunderstanding the true intent of 20A. It should not be a durable amendment to the Constitution. Instead, it should be temporary, until a comprehensive new Constitution is […]
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Tuesday, September 15th, 2020
අග්රාමාත්ය මාධ්ය අංශය 20 වෙනි ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධනය අධ්යයනය කිරීමට පත් කළ කමිටුව විසින් අදාළ වාර්තාව අද 2020.09.15 දින අරලියගහ මන්දිරයේදී අග්රාමාත්ය මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මැතිතුමාට භාර දෙන ලදී. කැබිනට් අමාත්යවරුන්, රාජ්ය අමාත්යවරුන් හා පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රීවරුන්ගෙන් සැදුම්ලත් අදාළ කමිටුවේ සභාපතිත්වය දරනු ලැබුවේ කැබිනට් අමාත්ය මහාචාර්ය ජී.එල්. පීරිස් මහතාය. විසි වෙනි සංශෝධනය සම්බන්ධයෙන් කළ අධ්යයනයේදී හඳුනාගත් අලුතින් […]
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Tuesday, September 15th, 2020
By P. K. Balachandran/Daily Express Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Among the main reasons is opposition within the ruling party and alliance Colombo, September 14: The ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna’s (SLPP) decision to revisit the draft 20thAmendment (20A) to the Constitution follows multiple dissensions over it both within the party and its alliance. Although the draft 20A […]
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Tuesday, September 15th, 2020
Courtesy Adaderana The committee appointed to study and review the draft bill of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution handed over its report to Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa at Temple Trees today (15). The nine-member committee comprised of Cabinet Ministers, State Ministers and MPs is chaired by Minister of Education Professor G.L. Peiris. The committee […]
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Monday, September 14th, 2020
Lahiru Pothmulla Courtesy The Daily Mirror The committee chaired by Minister of Education Professor G. L. Peiris which was appointed to look into the 20th Amendment to the Constitution, will study it in depth before making recommendations, Minister Peiris today said. Cabinet ministers Udaya Gammanpila, Ali Sabry, Nimal Siripala de Silva, Wimal Weerawansa and State […]
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Sunday, September 13th, 2020
Courtesy Adaderana Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has taken steps to appoint a committee comprising of parliamentary representatives to study the 20th Amendment to the Constitution. The committee comprising of Cabinet Ministers, State Ministers, and Members of Parliament will be chaired by Ministers of Education Prof. G. L. Peiris. Cabinet Ministers Udaya Gammanpila, Ali Sabry, Nimal […]
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Saturday, September 12th, 2020
Courtesy Hiru News The Chief Secretary of the Kotte Sri Kalyani Samagari Dharma Maha Sangha Sabha Ven. Prof. Kotapitiye Rahula Thero stated that constitutional amendments are essential for decisions to be taken by one leader. This was during a discussion with Minister Prof. GL Peiris on the 20th Amendment to the Constitution and a new […]
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Wednesday, September 9th, 2020
Lt Col. Anil Amarasekera (Retd.)Mr. K. M. B. Kotakadeniya (Retd. Senior DIG) Co-Presidents National Joint Commission The National Joint Committee wish to salute the principled stand taken by Honourable Sarath Weerasekera Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Authorities, that he is against the Provincial Council system and would endeavor its abolition. We hail the Honourable […]
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Tuesday, September 8th, 2020
By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Dismissing criticism of the proposed 20th Amendment that it would pave the way for a dictatorship, Education Minister Prof. Peiris yesterday (7) told the media at the SLPP office, Battaramulla, that it would be presented to Parliament next October ahead of the presentation of Budget 2021. Prof. Peiris, who […]
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Monday, September 7th, 2020
අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන B.Sc(Col), PGDC(Col), නීතිඥ “විස්සේ හරි වැරැද්ද” මැයෙන් ආචාර්ය වරුණ චන්ද්රකීර්ති විසින් ලියන ලද ලිපියක් 2020.09.07 දින www.lankaweb.com වෙබ් අඩවියේ පළ වී තිබේ. එකී ලිපියේ දැක්වෙන පහත ඡේදයන් සැළකීමේදී 19ය සහ 20 ගැන මෙන්ම ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවේ 70 වන ව්යවස්ථාව සහ 2002 දී පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් කළ 19ය සහ එයට අදාල ශ්රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණ විනිසුරු 07 දෙනාගේ තීරණය පිළිබද මූලික අවබෝධයක් […]
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Sunday, September 6th, 2020
National Joint Committee The National Joint Committee wish to salute the principled stand taken by Honourable Sarath Weerasekera Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Authorities, that he is against the Provincial Council system and would endeavor its abolition. We hail the Honourable Prime Minister’s bold decision to advise the President under the existing provisions of […]
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Friday, September 4th, 2020
Don Wijewardana [This article was first published in the Daily News of 04 June 2013. I have requested republication in Lanka Web as the issues discussed are relevant today as they were then]. QUO VADIS, NORTH? When the Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Accord was signed in July 1987 it was hailed as New Delhi’s biggest diplomatic […]
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Thursday, September 3rd, 2020
Sandun A Jayaekera Courtesy The Daily Mirror The Cabinet has decided to appoint an Expert Committee headed by Romesh de Silva PC to prepare the preliminary drafts for a new Constitution, co-cabinet spokesman and Minister Udaya Gammanpila said today. The committee comprises of Romesh De Silva PC (Chairman), Gamini Marapana PC, Manohara De Silva PC, […]
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Thursday, September 3rd, 2020
Ajith Siriwardana Courtesy The Daily Mirror The draft of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution which was gazetted today has proposed key amendments such as replacing the Constitutional Council (CC) with the Parliamentary Council, enabling the President to hold Cabinet portfolios and enabling the President to appoint Cabinet of Ministers. According to the draft gazetted, […]
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Thursday, September 3rd, 2020
Courtesy Hiru News The gazette notification pertaining to the 20th Amendment to the Constitution which has been approved by the Cabinet of Ministers has been issued by now.The gazette notification (English) is given below. http://www.documents.gov.lk/files/bill/2020/9/22-2020_E.pdf Click Here for Sinhala Version http://documents.gov.lk/files/bill/2020/9/22-2020_S.pdf
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Wednesday, September 2nd, 2020
Courtesy Adaderana The Attorney General has advised the Secretary to the Ministry of Justice that the draft bill of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution does not attract the holding of a referendum, in terms of Article No. 83 of the Constitution of Sri Lanka. The Attorney General has therefore informed the Justice Secretary that […]
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Tuesday, September 1st, 2020
Courtesy Hiru News Politicians expressed their views regarding the repealing of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution and the introduction of a new constitution. Samagi Jana Balawegaya MP Rajitha Senaratne stated that the technical issues in the 19th Amendment should be resolved. Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said that the 19th Amendment to the Constitution should be […]
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Thursday, August 27th, 2020
Courtesy Hiru News The Buddhasasana Task Force has informed President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa that correcting the 19th Amendment alone is not enough and that other amendments should be made soon. Addressing an article entitled ‘Think Longer Before the 20th Amendment’. It states that the confusion created in the country by the present constitution should be rectified […]
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Tuesday, August 25th, 2020
නීතිඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන 19වන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධන පනත් කෙටුම්පත් 2ක් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් වූ බවත්, ඉන් එකක් 2002 දී සහ අනෙක 2015 දී පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් වූ බව සමහරක් නොදන්නවා වුණාට බොහෝ දෙනා දනිති. 19 වන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධන පනත් කෙටුම්පත මුල් වරට පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් කරන ලද්දේ, චන්ද්රිකා බණ්ඩාරනායක කුමාරතුංග ජනාධිපතිවරියව සිටියදී 2002 දී ය. 2002 […]
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Monday, August 24th, 2020
උපුටා ගැන්ම දිවයින 13 වැනි ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධනය සහ ඊට සම්බන්ධ පළාත් සභා ක්රමය වහාම අහෝසි කළ යුතු බවට පළාත් සභා සහ පළාත් පාලන රාජ්ය ඇමැති රියර් අද්මිරාල් සරත් වීරසේකර මහතා රජයට යෝජනා කර ඇත. 13 වැනි සංශෝධනය අහෝසි කරන ලෙස රජයේ ඇමැතිවරයෙක් ඉදිරිපත් කළ මුල්ම යෝජනාව මෙය වේ. ‘‘පළාත් සභාවල බර ජනතාවට දරාගත නොහැකියි. […]
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Thursday, August 20th, 2020
Courtesy Hiru News SLFP Central Committee decided to appoint a committee of experts to draft recommendations and suggestions for the proposed new constitution, headed by Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva.
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2020
Courtesy Hiru News A cabinet subcommittee has been tasked with the constitutional formulation. Its members are Prof. G.L. Peiris, Nimal Siripala de Silva, Ali Sabri, Dinesh Gunawardena and Udaya Gammanpila.
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Saturday, August 15th, 2020
Courtesy The Daily Mirror State Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government, retired rear admiral Sarath Weerasekara who assumed duties yesterday, pledged to remove all clauses — in the 13th Amendment to the Constitution — which are detrimental to the well-being of the nation. We will not devolve police and land powers to the provincial […]
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Tuesday, May 5th, 2020
විමල් පටබැඳිගේ ජනාධිපති ව්යවස්ථාවට අනුව පසුගිය මාර්තු 2 වෙනි දා ව්යවස්ථාදායකය විසුරුවා හැරියේය. ඒ සමග ම අඵතින් ව්යවස්ථාදායකය ආරම්භ කිරීම සඳහා තමන්ගේ නියෝජිතයන් තෝරා ගැනීමට ජනතාවට ඇති අනුල්ලංගණීය අයිතිය කි්රයාත්මක කිරීමට දින නියම කළේය. (ව්යවස්ථාදායකය ප්රජාතනත්රවාදී පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ එක් අංශයක් පමණ කි.* ඉන් සතියකට පමණ පසු මාරක කොරෝනා වයිරසය හිස ඔසවන්නට වීය. ජනාධිපති, භාරකාර ආණ්ඩුවේ අගමැති […]
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Thursday, February 13th, 2020
උපුටා ගැන්ම හිරු පුවත් ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා ප්රතිසංස්කරණය කිරීමේදී ඒ සදහා සිංහල බෞද්ධයින් ඇතුළත් නොවන්නේ නම් තමන් එම ප්රතිසංස්කරණ පිළිනොගන්නා බවට අස්ගිරි පාර්ශ්වයේ ලේඛකාධිකාරී පූජ්ය මැදගම ධම්මානන්ද හිමියන් පවසනවා. අද පස්වරුවේ කොළඹදී පැවති වැඩසටහනකදී උන්වහන්සේ මේ බව ප්රකාශ කළා. යුතුකම සංවිධානය විසින් ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධනය සිදුකළ යුතු ආකාරය පිළිබඳ සැකසුණු යෝජනාවලියක් ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතාට පිරිනමනු […]
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Friday, January 24th, 2020
නීතිඥ අරුණ ලක්සිරි උණවටුන 2015 දී පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට ඉදිරිපත් කළ 19වන ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධන පනත් කෙටුම්පත නීතියක් බවට පත්වීමේ ක්රියාවලිය සම්පූර්ණ වී තිබේද? අද ප්රබල සමාජ කතිකාවකි. ආචාර්ය වරැණ චනද්රකීර්ති සහ හර්ෂ කුමාර සූරියාඅරච්චි ඒ සම්බන්ධව වැදගත් නීති තර්ක ගෙනවිත් 19වන ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධනය මේ දක්වා නීතියක් බවට පත්වී නැති බවට ශක්තිමත් නීති තර්ක ගෙනවිත් ඇත. 19වන […]
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