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Mourning ahead of an impending defeat Opposition and UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe leads his party’s Parliamentarians in a walk out from Parliament yesterday in protest against the moving of the Bill titled ‘18th Amendment to the Constitution’. Wickremasinghe referred to the Amendment as a ’ and declared that his party would not participate in today’s debate on the Bill. Pic by Chandrasiri Weerasinghe. | Govt. assures UNPers voting for 18-A of protection
The government yesterday assured all UNP Parliamentarians, who would vote for the 18th Amendment in Parliament today, that they would be given total protection. SLFP General Secretary Minister Maithripala Sirisena, when asked whether the government would provide legal and other assistance to those UNP MPs if they got into trouble for supporting the government, said the government would never let them down. Asked whether the government would offer ministerial portfolios as rewards to the UNP MPs who supported the 18th |
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The draft 18th Amendment in comparative perspective
Now that the Supreme Court has concluded its examination of the proposed Bill, it is not inappropriate to refer to some issues raised by the draft 18th Amendment subject to whatever obiter dicta that the SC may have pronounced. The matters to be discus...
Reconsider decision to introduce 18th Amendment to the Constitution
We, the undersigned academics attached to different universities in Sri Lanka, call upon the government to re-consider the proposed 18th Amendment to the Constitution for the reasons set out below.
Top US commander: Burning Quran endangers troops
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