90% SLFPers against separate Front
Denying speculation that a group of SLFP dissidents
is to form a separate Front to contest the upcoming Local Government
polls, Minister of Social Empowerment and Welfare, S.B. Dissanayake said
that ninety-nine percent of SLFPers don’t want to create any rift within
the party.
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M.S. Thowfeek for Hafeez
Mohamed Shariff Thowfeek was nominated by the UNP to
fill the seat, which fell vacant after the resignation of Abdul Hafeez.
M.S. Thowfeek was nominated by the General Secretary of the United
National Party (UNP), the Election Commission said.
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TNA going by the Thimpu Principles?
Minority political parties playing a dominant role
in drafting the new constitution are hastening deliberations to present
them to the Constitutional Assembly before next week. While many parties
declined to divulge details of the proposals, others gave salient
features, especially aspirations in respect of the communities they
represent;
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