Minority parties contest Eastern PC polls with UPFA

All four major minority political parties represented in the Eastern Provincial Council (PC) will contest the forthcoming polls in alliance with the UPFA. The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) decided yesterday to join the alliance. The other major minority party in the fray, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), led by Rajavarodhayam Sampanthan, did not contest the last PC polls.

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Consensus between SLFP and UNP, solution to N-E people - Minister DEW Gunasekera

Senior Minister for Human Resources D.E.W. Gunasekara said emphatically that as far as the grievances of the Tamils are concerned, it could be solved only if the two main political parties, the SLFP and the UNP reach consensus and thereafter hold talks with all Muslim and Tamil parties.

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Creating a better citizen through rehabilitation, our aim - Minister of Prison Reforms

The prison system in the country is one that has undergone severe criticism in the political circles and the media for decades and they have become more vulnerable places in the most critical stages of the country in the past.

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Act judiciously, President tells new Secretaries

Many in political circles have been anticipating a Cabinet reshuffle for several months though there has not been any official communication from the Presidential Secretariat. At the same time there has been speculation on changes among Ministry Secretaries as well as in top seats of several corporations and Government bodies.

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