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Posts tagged as “Dissanayake”

JVP warns of security threat due to citizens’ personal data ending up with Indian company

By Saman Indrajith in The Island, Aug 14, 2023Sri Lanka’s sovereignty and national security are in jeopardy as an Indian company will gain access to citizens’ personal data through a project to print digital national identity cards, JVP-led NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake says. Making a special statement in Parliament, Dissanayake said on Friday (11) that the tender for the printing of digital NICs had not yet been given but the arrangements had been made…

NPP calls for new Constitution: ‘13 no solution to any problem’

By Saman Indrajith in The Island, Feb11, 2023Sri Lanka needs a new Constitution that protects the rights of all citizens, and implementing 13A or 13+ is not a solution to the problems faced by the people, National People’s Power (NPP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, addressing Parliament, has said. A referendum should be held, on the new Constitution to be made, so that the people would be able to decide its fate, Dissanayake said. “We propose…