Thu, Jun 27, 2013, 07:24 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.Image may be NSFW.
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June 27, Colombo: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has assured that the parliamentary select committee (PSC) discussions on the proposed constitutional amendments would be based on the report submitted in 2009 by the All Party Representative Committee (APRC).
Democratic Left Front (DLF) Leader, Minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara told the media that the President had assured to base the PSC discussion on the APRC report.
He said that all parties represented in parliament should participate in the PSC and that the committee should not be seen as a government body.
The left parties in the government have said that they would not support any move to amend or repeal the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.
The APRC, headed by Minister Prof. Tissa Vitharana was formed in 2006 with the participation of all 14 political parties to find a political solution to the ethnic issue. The APRC submitted its report in 2009, but its recommendations were not implemented
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June 27, Colombo: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has assured that the parliamentary select committee (PSC) discussions on the proposed constitutional amendments would be based on the report submitted in 2009 by the All Party Representative Committee (APRC).
Democratic Left Front (DLF) Leader, Minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara told the media that the President had assured to base the PSC discussion on the APRC report.
He said that all parties represented in parliament should participate in the PSC and that the committee should not be seen as a government body.
The left parties in the government have said that they would not support any move to amend or repeal the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.
The APRC, headed by Minister Prof. Tissa Vitharana was formed in 2006 with the participation of all 14 political parties to find a political solution to the ethnic issue. The APRC submitted its report in 2009, but its recommendations were not implemented
