Report in The Island, July 22, 2023 President Ranil Wickremesinghe was adept at causing rifts in political parties, TNA MP M.A. Sumanthiran said in a television interview on Friday.The MP also said that the Tamil political parties had met the President earlier this week. “During the meeting, I told the President that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa had promised India three times that he would fully implement the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. President Rajapaksa said…
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By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online July 21, 2023 The President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon, reiterated his support for forming an inclusive government in Afghanistan that would include representatives from all ethnic groups at the Gulf Cooperation Council-Central Asia Summit. Rahmon emphasized that the Taliban should recognize the freedom and rights of all ethnic groups and women in Afghanistan. “We support the formation of an all-inclusive government that represents all ethnic, political, and social…
by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post online, July 12, 2023On Saturday, Gagan Thapa, a popular Nepali Congress leader and one of the party’s two general secretaries, made an interesting announcement: “The need of the hour is to make myself or any other leader from my generation the new prime minister of the country.” The announcement created a ripple of sorts in political circles—especially in the country’s largest party. Most Congress leaders doubt the…
By Shamindra Ferdinando in The Island, June 19, 2023Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) lawmaker Harshana Rajakaruna yesterday (18) said that calling of regular elections couldn’t be under any circumstances the prerogative of any President.Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), still the party with the largest group in Parliament, should be ashamed of its response to President Ranil Wickremesinghe putting off the Local Government polls indefinitely, the SJB MP said in response to The Island query regarding Chief…
report in The Morning, June 11, 2023President Ranil Wickremesinghe is scheduled to visit India next month on his first official tour since assuming office as President, it is learnt. A highly-placed Government source told The Sunday Morning that the President was expected to visit India between 20 and 30 July. It is also learnt that 21 July has been tentatively set for the meeting between Wickremesinghe and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Wickremesinghe is also…
report in The Morning, June 11, 2023President Ranil Wickremesinghe is scheduled to visit India next month on his first official tour since assuming office as President, it is learnt. A highly-placed Government source told The Sunday Morning that the President was expected to visit India between 20 and 30 July. It is also learnt that 21 July has been tentatively set for the meeting between Wickremesinghe and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Wickremesinghe is also…
By D.L. Jayakody in Ceylon Today, June 10, 2023The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has told President Ranil Wickremesinghe that if the current Government fails to provide a solution to the ‘ethnic question’ within a certain period, it will take steps to find a solution under the international law of self-determination. The TNA had said, this during the discussion with the Government held at the Presidential Secretariat on Thursday (8). During the discussion, the TNA has…
report in Daily FT, 5 June 2023British-born Theravada Buddhist monk Ven. Ajahn Brahmavamso wants President Ranil Wickremesinghe to focus on building a better Sri Lanka with more forgiveness than initiating a probe over the minor issue of the former missing a flight at BIA. The Ven. Ajahn Brahmavamso made this observation during a talk at the Vesak Day and 50th Anniversary Celebrations of the Buddhist Society of Western Australia yesterday. The monk who was in…
by Jamila Husain in Daily Mirror, May 24, 2023 GR’s private secretary Sugeeswara Bandara heads ‘special projects’ unit at President’s Office GR himself continues to receive incentives entitled to a former president despite his early resignation following public anger GR allocated security at bungalow in Malalasekara Mawatha and Mirihana Questions arise over the mandate of the ‘special projects’ office Just over a year since former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigned from office following nationwide protests demanding…
Report in TOLOnews, May 18, 2023 at 10:56 PMIran’s President Ebrahim Raisi said that the current Afghan government should ensure Iran’s water rights of the Helmand River based on international treaties, Iranian media reported. Addressing reporters during a visit to Sistan and Balouchestan province on Thursday, Raisi said the current Afghan authorities should “immediately” provide Iran with its share of water. “I will remind the rulers of Afghanistan that they should not regard our demand…
report in Daily FT, May 15, 2023 05:08Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) Vice President and former MP P. Harrison yesterday announced his decision to resign from all posts in the party to rejoin his former political party, the United National Party (UNP) and extend his unconditional support to President Ranil Wickremesinghe. The former MP held a press conference in Anuradhapura over the weekend where he blamed the weak leadership of the SJB for his decision to…