Parliament to convene as a Constitutional Assembly on January 9
The constitution-drafting process is to be completed
in six months, once the House is convened on January 9 as a committee of
the whole house, after adopting a resolution to continue parliamentary
proceedings as a Constitutional Assembly, top government sources told
the Sunday Observer.
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Local Govt. bodies get extended term
The terms of 21 Local Government bodies due to
expire on December 31 have been extended by six months to give them the
required time-frame for the Government to finalise the delimitation
process and conduct the next local government election under the new
electoral system;
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Ending months-long internal conflict:
TNA to stand united
Just days before Parliament begins the long heralded
constitutional reform process, Tamil political leaders seem close to
resolving an imminent split in the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) after
some tense internal negotiations last week.
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