by P K Balachandran in Daily Mirror online, Feb 14, 2023As part of measures to make devolution under the 13th Constitutional Amendment (13A) meaningful, Sri Lankan Tamils have suggested that the powers now vested with the Provincial Governor be pruned, and more powers granted to the Provincial Board of Ministers. In a list of proposals submitted to President Ranil Wickremesinghe, the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) MP from Jaffna district, M.A. Sumanthiran, had proposed a…
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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…