By Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, April 27, 2023Top leaders of the political parties represented in parliament had on Monday agreed to constitute a Parliamentary Hearing Committee, as well as a special committee to finalise the amendment bill on the Enforced Disappearances Enquiry, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act. They also agreed on the panels’ composition in terms of the number of lawmakers from each party. Based on the agreement, the Parliament Secretariat on Tuesday…
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report in The Morning, Feb 9 , 2023Despite a Court injunction preventing protests near the entrance to Parliament, a section of the Buddhist clergy marched towards the Parliament entrance yesterday (8) during President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s throne speech and Statement of Government Policy following the inauguration of the fourth session of the ninth Parliament, protesting against the full implementation of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. However, the Police placed barricades to block the protestors, but…
report in The Island, Feb 3, 2023The Mahanayaka Theras have, in a letter to President Ranil Wickremesinghe, urged him not to implement the 13th Amendment to the Constitution as it will have a devastating impact on the country. The prelates have said that the act of granting the Provincial Councils powers over land, police and historical monuments is tantamount to encouraging separatism. “Your predecessors did not implement the 13th Amendment to the Constitution because they…
By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, Jan 19, 2023Rebel SLPP MP Gevindu Cumaratunga said that President Ranil Wickremesinghe should seek a fresh mandate if he intended to fully implement the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. UNP leader Wickremesinghe couldn’t under any circumstances go ahead with his plans at the moment, the rebel SLPP National List lawmaker said. “The President shouldn’t forget that his responsibility is to complete the remainder of Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s five-year term,” the…