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Tissa moves to the US
Journalist J.S. Tissainayagam has flown to the United States and arrived at Washington’s Dulles International Airport last morning, the Committee to Protect Journalist said. Tissainayagam had been released on bail in January and had lived in seclusion in Sri Lanka since.
Warning signs from the JHU against the Executive Presidency
JHU Spokesperson Nishnatha Sri Warnasinghe says that the party is currently discussing the different opinions that have been put forward about the proposed extension of the term of office of the Executive President. ...UNP did not introduce Exec. Presidency for President Rajapakse to toy with the constitution and bamboozle people
UNP Dep. leader Karu Jayasooriya the Executive Presidency was introduced by former President J R Jayawardena so that it will be a boon to the country, and it continued to be so during the regimes of the UNP . However , after 1994 , with the change of the UNP Govt. , as there were ominous signals of this sweeping power being abused by the subsequent Presidents starting with Chandrika Bandaranaike, there was immense agitation from political parties and all sections of the people that this Executive Presidency shall be abolished....President’s media pal to be given extension at SL Embassy in Rome
The Ministry of External Affairs has been issued a directive from the Presidential Secretariat that President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s former Media Coordinator Chandrapala Liyanage is not to be issued his letter of termination when his 2 year contract as Minister Councillor of the Sri Lankan Embassy in Rome came to an end on May 31, 2010....UN Undersecretary Pascoe calls on government to try or release the Tamil detainees
UN Undersecretary for Political Affairs B. Lynn Pascoe has discussed the issue of detained LTTE suspects during his discussion with President Mahinda Rajapaksa and government officials. ...Leftist MPs who oppose the proposed constitutional amendments to be labeled as Tigers
The Presidential Media Unit it is reliably learnt is to launch a campaign to label the five Leftist parliamentarians in the government – two Communist party members, two Lanka Sama Samaja Party members and Vasudeva Nanayakkara – who have opposed the proposed constitutional amendment to extend the number of terms of office held by an Executive President, as Tigers. ...Constitutional Council Abolished, Appointment Of Members To Independent Commissions Taken Over By President!
The government is preparing, through the amendments to the Constitution it hopes to present to Parliament next month, to remove provisions in the 17th amendment of appointing the Constitutional Council say reports. ...Hela Urumaya displeased the government’s path
JHU Media Spokesperson Nishantha Sri Warnasinghe has warned that the government’s inability to ensure that the benefits of the end of the 30 year long are equally distributed among all communities would be detrimental in the future. ...Petition sent to ILO against the President
The Trade Union Confederation (TUC) has sent a petition to the International Labor Organization (ILO) against President Mahinda Rajapaksa on the violation of ILO standing orders when selecting representatives to participate in the ILO convention when he was the head of the Sri Lanka Nidahas Sevaka Sangamaya. ...Court must clear Fonseka
Parliamentarian General Sarath Fonseka who was given permission by the Speaker to attend the Commonwealth Parliamentary Union (CPU) conference in Kenya has to get Court permission to be released for his visit as he is under military detention over several charges, Minister of Mass media and Information Keheliya Rambukwella said. ...
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