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Power sharing must be within federal structure: TNA

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Clarifying its position on a political solution for the national question, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) said today (31) that power sharing must be done within a federal structure consistent with the aspirations of the Tamil people.

“Our position is that power sharing must be in a federal structure, consistent with the aspirations of the Tamil people expressed at every election since 1956,” TNA MP M.A.Sumanthiran said.

He said this in a statement issued clarifying the party’s position with regard to the political solution for the Tamil national question, the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, the conduct of the long delayed provincial council elections and the All-Party Conference convened by President Ranil Wickremesinghe

The TNA said that the 13A is a part of the Constitution of Sri Lanka and not a separate appendage. 

“The President and all of us have taken an oath to uphold and defend it.Thus the non-implementation of any part of the Constitution is a violation of the whole. To that extent, we insist on the full implementation of the 13A,” it said.

The TNA said that it reiterated the party’s position at all the All-Party Conferences that have been held so far.

“There was absolutely no change of positions by the TNA; nor is there any contradiction between calling for immediate provincial council elections and enhanced and meaningful devolution. In fact, one without the other is meaningless,” it said.

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Fmr. SDIG gets 5-yr. jail term

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The Ratnapura High Court has sentenced former Senior DIG Lalith Jayasinghe for five-year imprisonment for intimidating Kahawatte OIC not to arrest MP Premalal Jayasekera over a shooting incident.

Ratnapura High Court also ordered the convict to pay a fine of Rs. 20,000.

The shooting incident took place during the 2015 Presidential election campaign.

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Notice on issuing revenue licenses in WP

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The Department of Motor Traffic has decided to temporarily suspend the issuing of revenue licenses in the Western Province due to a system update.

According to the department, the services will be unavailable from this Wednesday (September 27) to next Monday (October 02). 

The Motor Traffic Department said in a statement that vehicles of which revenue licenses are expiring from Tuesday, September 26 can be renewed until October 10, without fines. 

Meanwhile, the online service for revenue licenses was temporarily suspended from midnight yesterday (September 24) and will remain so until Friday, October 06.

The department added that the temporary service suspension was due to an update on the system maintained by the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka.

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CID ordered to hand over Schaffter’s remains to family

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The Colombo Additional Magistrate has ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to hand over the remains of late businessman Dinesh Schaffter to his family as postmortem examinations have been concluded.

The specialist doctors’ committee appointed to compile a report on Schaffter’s death had informed the courts that the relevant investigation activities have been concluded, and that the remains of the late businessman can be released.

Furthermore, Additional Magistrate Rajindra Jayasuriya, also pointed out that the five-member expert committee headed by Prof. Asela Mendis, which was appointed by the court to compile a report on Schaffter’s death has informed the court that their judicial investigations have been completed.

Accordingly, the Additional Magistrate, who stated that the expert committee has requested the court to issue an order for the release of Schaffter’s remains, ordered the CID to hand over the body to his family under the supervision of Prof. Clifford Perera and Judicial Medical Officer P.R. Ruwanpura.

Later, the case was also ordered to be recalled on October 09, 2023.

(Source : adaderana.lk)

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