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13A should be implemented to suit nation’s growth and future: President

report in Daily Mirror online, Aug 9, 2023The implementation of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution should be done in a way that suits the nation’s growth and future, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today. Addressing parliament, he said achieving this requires a consensus among all parliament members through comprehensive and open-minded deliberations. President Wickremesinghe highlighted that the 13th Amendment, which oversees the decentralization of power to provincial councils, holds the utmost legal significance in the…

JVP moots 13A as temporary solution to Tamil national question

By Parameswaran Wigneshwaran in Daily FT, June 6, 2023*Former MP Chandrasegar says JVP aims to ensure unity rather than division while addressing demands for autonomy in North and East **Claims concepts of autonomy and self-determination emerged from Marxist ideologies but have now been exploited by capitalists ***Says new constitution enacted when NPP comes to power will encompass the demands and aspirations of Tamil people The leftist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) yesterday expressed the party’s willingness…