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An eventful week Tamil Press by S. Selvakumar Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe's hard hitting speech at the UNP annual convention, the sentence meted out to S. B. Dissanayake by a five-bench Supreme Court and Parliamentarian T. Maheswaran's tantrums in the House were highlighted by all Tamil dailies last week. The Virakesari on Monday in its lead story quoted Ranil Wickremesinghe's speech at the UNP's 50th annual convention, who said the time limit allowed to the government to look into the people's grievances was now over and added that while the people were unable to find three decent meals, President Kumaratunga was attempting to be in office for a third term. In another front page story, the paper said IGP Chandra Fernando had completed his investigations on two senior police officials who had dealings with underworld kingpin and prime suspect in High Court Judge Sarath Ambepitiya's killing, Potta Nauffer, and his report would be submitted to the National Police Commission. The Thinakkural too led with Ranil Wickremesinghe's speech at the UNP's convention. In yet another story, the paper said President Kumaratunga had sought Erik Solheim's help to ease tension following Prabhakaran's Heroes' Day speech. The Sudaroli said that former UNP strongman Sirisena Cooray would soon join the UNP again. The Virakesari on Tuesday reported that thousands of families were displaced due to floods in Kilinochchi and Batticaloa. TNA MPs would travel to India at the end of the month where they would meet with political leaders in Tamil Nadu and in New Delhi, the paper said in a front page story. The Sudaroli led with a story that Arumugam Thondaman would assume duties as a Cabinet Minister with his deputy as Kandy District CWC MP, Faisal Musthafa. All Tamil Dailies on Wednesday led with the Supreme Court judgment in the S. B. Dissanayake contempt case. The Thinakkural in a front page story published a picture of Sri Lankan Dinesh Rajaratnam abducted in Iraq and said he was released on Tuesday. The Sudaroli said LTTE's Batticaloa political office was attacked on Tuesday night. Four hand grenades were thrown into the office but no one was injured. The Thinakkural quoted the speech of UNP Parliamentarian T. Maheswaran and said the main Opposition UNP was observing silence in the face of dictatorial governance by the President. The Sudaroli said in the event of S. B. Dissanayake losing his Parliamentary seat, Renuka Herath would be appointed by the UNP. The paper quoted the Speaker and said that he was not bothered about the intended 'no-confidence' motion against him and added that he would face it with courage. |
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