Activities of intelligence personnel Alliance will bring to the attention of Election Commissioner.

Thursday , 23 May 2013

Military intelligence personnel requesting voters list in Mullaitheevu, will be brought  to the attention of Election Commissioner by Tamil National Alliance said Tamil National Alliance parliament member Suresh Piremachandran.

 

To prepare the new voters name list, the voters list issued to the Mullaitheevu grama sevakas, those introducing themselves as military intelligence personnel are taking away, is according to reports.

 

The said personnel are engaged in collecting details of the persons indicated in the year 2012 voters name list but now not existence in the district.

 

The Northern Province council election will be held according to year 2012 voters name list was notified and this matter will  be immediately brought to the attention of Election Commissioner by the Tamil National Alliance,  said parliament member Suresh Piremachandran

13A to stay

By Aisha Nazim-2013-05-23 

The government yesterday rejected the call for the abolition of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution by its coalition partners, the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) and the National Freedom Front (NFF), and confirmed the 13th Amendment will not be amended.

Addressing the weekly Cabinet briefing, Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa said, "If there are to be any changes to the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, President Mahinda Rajapaksa stressed, the decision should be made by the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC). It was not the President's personal decision. The PSC is the only body that can decide on the changes to the Constitution."

General Secretary of the JHU, Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka, and Leader of the NFF, Minister Wimal Weerawansa, had been vociferous in their demands that the government revoke police and land powers granted to the Provincial Councils under the 13th Amendment.

The JHU also planned to bring a Private Member's Motion in Parliament to revoke land and police powers.

Minister Yapa said, "There has been no discussion to make any changes to the Amendment up to now. President Rajapaksa has said the PSC should do that. He expressly stated the PSC representing all political parties can discuss any changes to be made to the 13th Amendment."

Minister Yapa reiterated the Northern Provincial Council election will be held as planned, in September.

Minister Weerawansa and JHU National Organizer, Nishantha Sri Warnasinghe, who are rallying for the scrapping of the 13th Amendment, and Ministers D.E.W. Guansekera and Vasudeva Nanayakkara, who are in favour of retaining the said Amendment, were unavailable for comment despite numerous attempts by Ceylon Today.