By Saman Indrajith in The Island, Nov 24, 2023Dissident SLPP MP Dullas Alahapperuma told Parliament yesterday that 27,000 soldiers had deserted during the past two years.Participating in the third reading debate on Budget 2024 under the defence ministry expenditure heads, the MP said that the enmasse desertion by service personnel should be taken seriously by the defence authorities. “There seems to be a serious problem here and it warrants immediate attention because there could be dangerous…
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by Kelum Bandara in Daily Mirror, Oct 9, 2023Emboldened by the Supreme Court ruling that upheld the expulsion of Nazeer Ahamed from the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) leading to the termination of his parliamentary seat, the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) said it would seriously consider similar disciplinary action against around 25 of its MPs who broke ranks with it, a party official said. The Supreme Court ruled in favour of the decision by…
report in The Sunday Times, Aug 27, 2023…….. For opposition political parties represented in Parliament, the preoccupation appears to be preparing for a parliamentary election. Though there is no formal indication from President Ranil Wickremesinghe, their leaders do not want to take any chances. That it would take months rather than weeks is clear from President Wickremesinghe’s decision to implement the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. …… The latest round of talks came between the…
by Sahan Tennekoon in The Morning, June 14, 2023–Vetoes aligning with JVP-NPP as latter rejects tying up with the ‘corrupt’ and ‘thieves’In the wake of Freedom People’s Congress (FPC) Leader and Opposition Parliamentarian Dullas Alahapperuma expressing the FPC’s intention of establishing a joint Opposition with a programme to counter the administration of President Ranil Wickremesinghe, the main Parliamentary Opposition Party, the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has already commenced discussions with the FPC on forming such…