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UPFA partners take overwhelming stand:
JHU motion to abrogate 13thA faces sure defeat
A private member’s motion by Jathika Hela Urumaya
(JHU) leader Minister Champika Ranawaka calling for the abrogation of
the 13th Amendment to the Constitution slated to come up before
Parliament next week has all the trappings of being defeated judging by
the stand taken by an overwhelming majority of UPFA coalition partners
except the National Freedom Front headed by Minister Wimal Weerawansa,
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University of Politics
Opposition's General Strike a failure:
Maithree at work, while Ranil at street protest
The most significant fact is that she had attended to
all her duties when members of the Federation of University Lecturers
Association (FUTA) had announced that they would support the strike and
would not be working. But Prof. Maithree Wickremesinghe had ignored all
their calls and attended to her duties as usual.
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Govt should be vigilant on subversives – Minister W.D.J. Seneviratne
Yes, definitely. This amounts to an indictment of
the Opposition. That is what I say. When you say an indictment, it is
serious. When the main Opposition UNP was in power, it didn’t do
anything to solve the power crisis in the country. In fact, steps were
not taken but they turned a blind eye to it.
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