report in The Morning, July 20, 2023The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) of the Parliamentary Opposition on Tuesday (18) “categorically rejected” President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s offer to implement the 13th Amendment to the Constitution sans Police powers, terming his proposal for development and power devolution “another hollow promise”. The 13th Amendment is an over 30-year old piece of legislation on the devolution of power from Colombo to the nine Provinces, but has never been fully implemented. “If…
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report in The Himalayan Times, June 26, 2023Janata Samajwadi Party-Nepal Chairman Upendra Yadav has said federalism is flawed itself.”Even though the federal structure has been implemented, it is flawed and the constitution should be amended to execute it correctly,” he said.Stating that there is no other option but to amend the constitution to realise federalism, he said the form of government has been distorted. Stating that no government could be stable when it is a…
Report in TOLOnews online, March 17,2023 at 12:43 AMIn an interview with TOLOnews, Zakhailwal said a constitution and the people’s support are important for governance. “There were policies that made the space unfavorable. The trust that the people needed, has not been formed. Our relations with the world countries have been undermined,” Zakhailwal said. He suggested that the issue of female education should be solved inside Afghanistan and that the ground should not be paved…
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 Mirudhula Thambiah in The Morning, Jan 17, 2023Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Spokesman and MP, President’s Counsel M.A. Sumanthiran said yesterday (16) that it is absurd for any Head of State to declare that he would implement the 13th Amendment to the Constitution after 35 years of the adoption of said Amendment, which established the Provincial Councils system of governance and power devolution. The MP was referring to President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s statement on 15 January…