Karu Jayasuriya’s Press Release for 18th Amendment »
Press Release Karu Jayasuriya M.P. No.2, Amarasekera Mawatha Colombo 5 Tel.No.2583477 / Fax No.2500972/2382432 E-mail : kjsun@sltnet.lk 18th Amendment Two years ago I rendered my support to the government of President Mahinda Rajapaksa when it decided to go to war against a terrorist scourge. I did not come to that decision lightly. It gave me [...]
Ranil: I never agreed to the Amendment »
Tuesday, 07 September 2010 00:26 By Yohan Perera Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday said he did not agree to the proposed 18th Amendment to the constitution at any time during the bi partisan talks with President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Addressing a joint meeting of several opposition political parties and organizations against the proposed Constitution Amendments at [...]
18th Amendment To Sri Lanka Constitution. »
AN ACT To AMEND TIIE CoNSTITUTIoN oF THE DEMoCRATIc Socrar.rsl REPI’BLIC oF SRI LaNxa BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as follows:- 1. This Act may be cited as the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution. 2. The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic Sri Lanka (hereinafter referred [...]
THE 18TH AMENDMENT IS UNDEMOCRATIC »
Eran Wickramaratne, Member of Parliament and former CEO National Development Bank The Myth of Centralization of Power for Economic Development President Jayawardene introduced the 2nd Republican Constitution in 1978, and one of its underlying beliefs was that power centralized in the office of the President will lead to rapid economic development. With increasing frequency we [...]
