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GL slams Ranil’s futile 13A ‘intent’

by Buddhika Samaraweera in The Daily Morning, Aug 8, 2023President and National Policies Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe expecting the Parliament’s support for the implementation of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution is futile and an act aimed at deceiving the people, claimed Opposition Parliamentarian Prof. G.L. Peiris. Speaking at a media briefing in Colombo yesterday (7), he claimed that Wickremesinghe is to address the Parliament tomorrow (9), seeking the Parliament’s support to implement the 13th Amendment.…

Balochistan, On the Boil

Edit in Daily Times, Mar 1, 2023In stark contravention to what our constitution teaches us, the sanctity of some lives matters more than others in this holy motherland. If not, three separate attacks sending shockwaves across Balochistan would have been enough to overwhelm the attention of lawmakers all of yesterday. However, business was as usual with the exception of sparse mentions here and there. Four coal miners were targetted in Khost; a Levies man was…

President promises full implementation of 13A in few years

report in the Morning, Jan 16, 2023President Ranil Wickremesinghe stated that the Government is considering the full implementation of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution within the next few years. “We are looking at full implementation of the 13th amendment within the next few years,” he said, while attending the State Thai Pongal Festival held at the Jaffna Durga Hall yesterday (15), the President’s Media Division (PMD) said. He added that the Social Justice Commission…