Domestic process taking shape

To include Commissions for Trust, Missing Persons and Reparations:

Ranil to outline modalities to Parliament next week:

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe will outline to Parliament the process of setting up the proposed domestic mechanism to investigate rights abuses during the period specified in the OHCHR report, upon his return from the official visit to Japan next week.

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To ensure smooth-functioning of Parliament:

Anura demands expulsion of SLFP dissidents

Chief Opposition Whip Anura Kumara Dissanayake has called for the expulsion of dissident parliamentarians of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) by its new leader if their behaviour amounted to a breach of party discipline,

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Tussle over Opposition Leader’s post:

It should have been a UPFA nomination - Kumara Welgama

UPFA Kalutara District Parliamentarian Kumara Welgama says there are no objections to the appointment of TNA MP R. Sampanthan as the Opposition Leader. However, if one is to abide by democratic traditions and conventions.

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Tussle over Opposition Leader’s post:

Then all 95 MPs should sit in the Opposition - Anura Kumara Dissanayake

Sampanthan as the Opposition Leader, JVP Leader and Chief Opposition Whip, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, says if the 95 UPFA MPs are true patriots, they should sit in the Opposition and demand for the Opposition Leader’s post.

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