මාධ්‍ය ප්‍රකාශය: තොරතුරු තාක්ෂණ වෘත්තීයවේදීන්ගේ සංසදය

Stanley Gunaratne  After Sarath Weerasekera finally stating what patriots have long stated regarding the Indo Lanka Accord (in stark contrast to the “India first” mantra foolishly and treacherously stated by other members within the government),  I share part 2 in the hope that citizens will call for an urgent correction of our nation’s laws. This […]

Mahinda Rajapaksa Prime Minister The opposition has been trying to propagate the idea that the Auditor General’s powers would be reduced by the proposed 20th  Amendment. It’s seldom that the Constitutional provisions regarding the Auditor General comes to the attention of the public. This has made it easier for the opposition to propagate various falsehoods […]

මහින්ද රාජපක්‍ෂ අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය නිවේදනය  විසි වන සංශෝධනයෙන් විගණකාධිපතිවරයාගේ බලතල කප්පාදු වෙන බවට විපක්‍ෂය විසින් සමාජය තුළ දුර්මතයක් ඇති කිරීමට උත්සාහ කරමින් සිටි. විගණකාධිපතිවරයා සම්බන්ධ ව්‍යවස්ථාමය ප්‍රතිපාදන ජනතාවගේ අවධානයට යොමු වන්නේ කළාතුරකිනි. එම නිසා මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන් දුර්මත ප්‍රචාරය කිරීම විපක්‍ෂයට පහසු කාර්යක් වී ඇත. මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන් පවත්නා ප්‍රධානම දුර්මතය වන්නේ 19 වෙනි සංශෝධනයෙන් විගණන කොමිසමක් […]

by Rohana R. Wasala ‘At least since Rousseau’s Social Contract and the end of the divine right of kings, the state has been seen as party to a contract with the people – a contract to guarantee or supply the necessary order in society. Without the state’s soldiers, police and the apparatus of control, we […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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, […]

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

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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.