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Sunday, January 15, 2017

Confusion, contradictions over Executive Presidency


The Sunday Times Sri LankaSunday, January 15, 2017


  • SLFP ministers insist it must continue and Sirisena must contest, but President still silent; Cabinet spokesman says abolition essential
  • Ministers also want amendments to 300-page National Human Rights Action Plan; Premier agrees to make changes
  • TNA says it will withdraw from Constitution-making process if merger and more devolution are not considered
By Our Political Editor

A string of decisions by Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) ministers with President Maithripala Sirisena in the chair, revealed exclusively in the Sunday Times last week, have sparked a heated political debate.