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Sunday, August 26th, 2018
By C. A. Chandraprema Courtesy The Island August 15, 2018, 10:40 pm Under the provisions of Appendix I of the 9th Schedule, which was introduced by the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, police and public security are a subject devolved to the provincial councils. However, for more than three decades, no government has implemented these provisions […]
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2018
By Neville Ladduwahetty Courtesy The Island The Island of August 11, 2018 reports an attempt by State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Wasantha Senanayake, “to overcome (the) devolution impasse”. The main thrust of his approach is to repeal the 13th Amendment and devolve power to District Councils. The State Minister’s “Proposal for Devolution” states: “… those […]
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Sunday, August 19th, 2018
By Udaya P Gammanpila What has the Government done so far? When we pose this question to the Ministers they are speechless. After being in a thinking mode for a while, they come out with a common answer. That is enacting the 19th Amendment . Hence, it is the ideal time to review the much-flaunted […]
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Thursday, August 16th, 2018
From Daya Madawita Dear Mr. President, Prime Minister and Members of Parliament, Please Amend the Constitution Instead of a New One I am writing this, as a patriotic Sri Lankan, with the hope that the President of Sri Lanka and the Members of Parliament including the PM will get the chance to read it and […]
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Thursday, August 16th, 2018
ඩබ්ලිව්. කේ. ප්රසාද් මංජු උපුටාගැණීම මව්බිම නව ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා කෙටුම්පත සම්බන්ධයෙන් ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථා මෙහෙයුම් කමිටුවට ඉදිරිපත් වී තිබෙන විශේෂඥ කමිටුවේ මූලික ලියවිල්ලෙහි රටට එරෙහි බරපතළ කරුණු 24ක් හඳුනාගෙන තිබෙන බව ඒකාබද්ධ විපක්ෂය ප්රකාශ කරයි. හිටපු ජනාධිපති මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ මහතාගේ ප්රධානත්වයෙන් රැස්වූ ඒකාබද්ධ විපක්ෂයේ පක්ෂ නායක රැස්වීමේදී මෙම කරුණු 24 පිළිබඳ හෙළිවූ බව ඒකාබද්ධ විපක්ෂයේ නියෝජ්ය ප්රධාන […]
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Tuesday, August 14th, 2018
Chairman, Sri Lankan Solidarity Movement Many persons, especially Sinhala Buddhists and the Sinhala people are having very strong reservations about the drawing up of a new constitution. There are widespread fears that a federal constitution will be brought in surreptitiously with a ‘unitary’ label to hoodwink the Sinhala Buddhists and the Sinhala people. Surely, a […]
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Sunday, August 12th, 2018
Sri Lankan Solidarity Movement It is with great pain that we say that we completely disagree with this treacherous government regarding their stance with regard to extremely important, grave and critical issues facing Sri Lanka, mostly this treacherous government trying to bring on a treacherous new constitution which is nothing but a federal constitution or […]
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Sunday, August 12th, 2018
Chairman,Sri Lankan Solidarity Movement The Sri Lankan people are today alarmed by the proposed constitution which they feel will only end up dividing the country. The proposed constitution includes all the elements of a federal system which is unacceptable to all patriotic Sri Lankans. We already have a constitution inclusive of a provincial council system. […]
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Sunday, August 12th, 2018
උපුටාගැණීම ලංකාදීප අලුත් ව්යවස්ථාවක් සම්බන්ධ කතිකාව යළිත් කරළියට පැමිණ ඇති සෙයකි. විවිධ පාර්ශ්ව මෙන්ම ආණ්ඩුවද මේ පිළිබඳ යම් ආකාරයක අවධානය යොමු කර තිබේ. මේ දෙස බැලිය යුත්තේ මෙකී ක්රියාවලියේ මූලාරම්භක අවස්ථාව ද සමඟය. වත්මන් ආණ්ඩුව බලයට පැමිණි පසු කරගෙන යන ව්යවස්ථා සම්පාදන ක්රියාවලිය සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම විදේශ බලපෑම් මත ඇතිකර ගත්තකි. 2015 අගෝස්තු මැතිවරණය පවත්වා පිහිටුවාගත් ආණ්ඩුව […]
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Thursday, August 2nd, 2018
By Neville Ladduwahetty August 2, 2018, 10:16 pm Documents relating to a draft Constitution intended for “discussion only” are now out in the public domain. These documents are the work of a panel of 10 experts. The Resolution setting up a Constitutional Assembly intended them to synthesize the opinions contained in the reports of the […]
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Friday, July 27th, 2018
පාලිත ආරියරත්න වත්මන් ආණ්ඩුව හෝ ඉදිරියේදී ඇතිවන කිනම් ආණ්ඩුවක් විසින් හෝ රටේ සිටින මහජනතාවගේ හා ඔවුන්ගේ බුද්ධිමතුන්ගෙන් නොවිසා නව ව්යවස්ථාවක් ගෙන එම හා මෙම රට අනාගමික රටක් කිරීමට මාන බලන කුඨ කෙෙරාටික සටකපට එන්.ජි.ඕ හා සමහර වාමන්සික බඩගෝස්තරවාදීන්ද , ප්රසිද්ධයැයි කියන අමන දේශපාලන පක්ෂ හා නොරටුන්ගේ දෙශපාලකනයන් (මේ අද දිනද) ඒකතුවී ඉදිරියේදී කරන්න යන්නාවූ ඒ […]
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Wednesday, July 25th, 2018
Sheain Fernandopulle Courtesy The Daily Mirror Introducing a new Constitution is only a dream because the government has run out of time already, National Integration Minister Mano Ganesan said. He said this at the National Inter-religious Symposium held yesterday at the BMICH. The event was organised by the National Peace Council. I personally feel there is […]
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Tuesday, July 24th, 2018
By Rathindra Kuruwita Courtesy The Island The current Presidential system allowed all Sri Lankans eligible to vote to have a say in deciding who should be the Head of State, and the 20th amendment to the Constitution seeks to deprive the voting public of that right , leader of the United National Freedom Front (UNFF), Maithri […]
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Tuesday, July 24th, 2018
තිළිණි කෞශල්යා විජේසිංහ උපුටාගැණීම මව්බිම විධායක ජනාධිපති ධුරය අහෝසි කිරීම ප්රශ්නයක් බවත් රට කෑලි නවයකට කඩන ෆෙඩරල් ව්යවස්ථාව ඉදිරිපත් කිරීම ඊටත් වඩා ප්රශ්නයක් බවත් ඒකීය රාජ්ය අතහැර සිටින ජවිපෙ විසිවැනි සංශෝධනය ඉදිරිපත් කළේ ෆෙඩරල් ව්යවස්ථාව ජනමත විචාරණයකින් තොරව සම්මත කිරීමට පාර කැපීමට දැයි සාධාරණ සැකයක් මතුවන බවත් පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමයේ නායක පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රි උදය ගම්මන්පිල පැවැසීය. […]
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Thursday, July 19th, 2018
Sri Lanka Solidarity Movement It is with great pain that we say that we completely disagree with this treacherous government regarding their stance with regard to extremely important, grave and critical issues facing Sri Lanka, mostly this treacherous government trying to bring on a treacherous new constitution which is nothing but a federal constitution or […]
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Sunday, June 17th, 2018
By Charunya Rajakaruna Courtesy Adaderana Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe says that there is a conflict within the SLPP regarding the next Presidential candidate. The Minister made these comments at a SLFP Balamandala meeting held in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte yesterday (16). He said that, SLFP does not support the abolition of the Executive Presidency, and that this country needs […]
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Wednesday, June 13th, 2018
By Shamindra Ferdinando Courtesy The Island Civil society activists who campaigned for Maithripala Sirisena at the January 2015 presidential election are sharply divided over the JVP proposed 20th Amendment intended to further dilute executive powers and do away with the next presidential election. The 20 Amendment proposes that the parliament elects the next president. Chrishmal Presidential […]
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Monday, June 11th, 2018
Lahiru Pothmulla Courtesy The Daily Mirror Higher Education and Cultural Affairs Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe today said the presenting of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution on abolishing the executive presidency at a time such as this could pose a major problem. After a visit to the Colombo Arts Gallery, he told the media that if the […]
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Friday, June 8th, 2018
යුතුකම මාධ්ය හමුව
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Monday, June 4th, 2018
අංජුල මහික වීරරත්න උපුටාගැණීම ලංකාදීප ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ තම ඡන්දදායකයාට අවංක නම් කළ යුත්තේ 20 වන සංශෝධනය හරහා වත්මන් අගමැති සහ පාර්ලිමේන්තුව තවත් ශක්තිවත් කරනවා වෙනුවට පාර්ලිමේන්තුව විසුරුවාහැර නව රජයක් පත්කර ගැනීමට උපකාර කිරීමකැයි යුතුකම” සංවාද කවයේ සභාපති ගෙවිඳු කුමාරතුංග මහතා මාධ්ය හමුවකදී ඊයේ (3) පැවසීය. වත්මන් පාර්ලිමේන්තුවට රටේ ජනපති පත් කිරීම සඳහා කිසිදු ජනවරමක් නොමැති […]
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Monday, June 4th, 2018
හර්ෂනී අර්සකුලරත්න උපුටාගැණීම මව්බිම විධායක ජනාධිපති ධුරය අහෝසි කිරීම සඳහා ප්රජාතන්ත්රවාදයේ නාමයෙන් මැදිහත් වන බව පැවැසූ අනුර කුමාර දිසානායකගේ යෝජනාවේ කිසිදු තැනක විධායක ජනාධිපති ධුරය අහෝසි කිරීමක් සඳහන් නොවන බව ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ ප්රධාන ලේකම් නීතිඥ කපිල ගමගේ පවසයි. ඔහු මේ බව පැවැසුවේ ඊයේ (31දා) පිටකෝට්ටේ පිහිටි ජා.නි.පෙ. ප්රධාන කාර්යාලයේ මාධ්ය හමුවකට එක්වෙමිනි. එහිදී ඔහු මෙසේද […]
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Sunday, June 3rd, 2018
By Sugeeswara Senadhira Courtesy Ceylon Today The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) is a Party that has kept a proud record for decades as a party consistent with its policies, despite political ups and downs. However, the current leadership of the party turned to socialist democratic path after two bitter experiences of armed militancy, apparently adapting the […]
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Sunday, June 3rd, 2018
Courtesy Adaderana Minister of Higher Education Wijeyadasa Rajapaksa says that the 20the Amendment to the Constitution proposed by the JVP is an attempt to cause anarchy in the country. The minister made these comments while responding to a question from a journalist in Kandy. Meanwhile he also said that the Presidential Candidate of the ruling […]
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Sunday, June 3rd, 2018
පූජ්ය බෙංගමුවේ නාලක හිමි දේශප්රේමී භික්ෂු පෙරමුණේ ලේකම් ජාතික හිමිකම් සංවිධානයේ සභාපති. ජනතාවගේ කැමැත්ත පරිදි නායකයකු තෝරා ගැනීමට ඇති අවස්ථාව නැති කරන විසිවැනි ව්යවස්ථා සංශෝධනය ජනතා පරමාධිපත්යය හෑල්ලු කිරීමකි. කවුරු මොන නීති තර්ක ඉදිරිපත් කළත් අවසානයේ දේශපාලන නායකයන් තෝරා පත්කර ගැනීමේ කාර්යය ඉටුවිය යුත්තේ පවතින ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාවට අනුවයි. දැනට එහි ඇති ව්යවස්ථාවන් ඉවත් කිරීම හෝ […]
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Thursday, May 31st, 2018
By Yusuf Ariff Courtesy Adaderana The Joint Opposition (JO) decided to oppose the 20th Amendment to the Constitution which has been proposed by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), MP Udaya Gammanpila said. The decision was taken during the JO party leaders’ meeting held this evening under the leadership of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the latter’s official […]
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Thursday, May 31st, 2018
Kelum Bandara Courtesy The Daily Mirror The hierarchy of the joint opposition unanimously decided yesterday to oppose the 20th Amendment to the Constitution proposed by the JVP to abolish the Executive Presidency, an official said. These discussions took place when they met former President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Initially, there were differences of opinion. However, they reached a […]
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Monday, May 28th, 2018
Dr. Dayan jayatilleka Courtesy The Island There are two reform proposals on the agenda, both of which are likely to be rejected and rightly so. The two proposals are the JVP’s 20th amendment and the government’s draft constitution. There are many reasons that rejection is likely. One is timing. The mass mood is for change, but […]
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Monday, May 28th, 2018
විනීතා එම් ගමගේ උපුටාගැණීම ලංකාදීප විසි වන සංශෝධනය කෙටුම්පත් කර ඇත්තේ වැස්සකටවත් නීති විද්යාලයකට ගොඩ නොවුණු කෙනෙක් විසින් යැයි බිය නැතිව කිව හැකියැයි පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමයෙ නායක පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත්රී උදය ගම්මන්පිල මහතා ප්රකාශ කළේය. එකී කෙටුම්පත අඩුපාඩු පිරි එකක් බවත් තමන් හඳුනා ගත් අඩුපාඩු 9ක් තිබු බවත් කී ගම්මන්පිල මහතා එය පොඩි එකාගේ ලියුම වගේ යැයි […]
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Monday, May 28th, 2018
Sheain Fernandopulle Courtesy The Daily Mirror While claiming that the 20th amendment to the constitution had been drafted in an immature manner and full of mistakes, Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) leader and MP Udaya Gammanpila challenged Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) leader Anura Kumara for a public debate to point out the shortcomings of the draft. According […]
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Sunday, May 27th, 2018
By Charunya Rajakaruna Courtesy Adaderana Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) will not support any further cuts in the Executive Presidential powers through the 20th Amendment, said the Western Province Chief Minister Isura Devapriya. He stated this yesterday (26), attending a press conference In Colombo. According to him, it was the SLFP which spoke out first for abolishing […]
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