Final document on APRC drafted

Agreement has been reached among different political parties who attended the All Party Representative Committee (APRC) on the deliberations and the final document as a proposed solution to the ethnic problem is now being drafted, said Chairman of the Committee and Minister of Science and Technology, Prof. Tissa Vitharana.

Political parties who attended the APRC held elaborate discussions on the various issues on devolution of powers and also the shortcomings in the 13th Amendment, Minister Vitharana said.

Explaining the salient features of the proposals, he said that they are not founded on the 13th Amendment, it is a much different version with powers clearly divided between the centre and the provinces without ambiguity, with no prospect of mutual interference. Under the proposals there are provisions for police and land powers to a certain extent, the Minister said. He also said that drafting the final document should not take very long.

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