Peace for the World

Peace for the World
First democratic leader of Justice the Godfather of the Sri Lankan Tamil Struggle: Honourable Samuel James Veluppillai Chelvanayakam

Sunday, October 26, 2014

Rajapaksa Has Given 20,000 Land Deeds And Permits Unlawfully – M.A. Sumanthiran

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HON. M.A. SUMANTHIRAN ON THE LAND ALIENATION BILL-26/10/2014 
Sri Lanka BriefThe Bill that has been presented in the preamble says that first, it is in furtherance of the development policies being promoted by the Government and in the backdrop of a globally integrated environment that it is deemed expedient and necessary to ensure the prudent use of land which is a limited resource. Now this ideal is most welcome and the Bill as a whole, or at least in the direction that it moves, is a welcome one. But there are several inadequacies in this; several shortcomings in this. During the course of my speech I will endeavour to identify some of those.