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JVP withdraws from APRC
Wednesday, 13 December 2006 - 6:09 PM SL Time
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The JVP yesterday said it was withdrawing from the All Party Representative Committee charging that the APRC was going off the track by taking into consideration what the party saw as `undemocratic` recommendations.
Party Leader Somawansa Amarasinghe told journalists that the party representative made the announcement on Monday.
`President Mahinda Rajapaksa appointed the APC expert`s panel just to help with the APRC to define certain terms, elaborate and explain certain issues. They were not authorised to make recommendations for the resolution of the national question. Even the APRC is in the process of identifying the causes of the national problem,` he said.
`One group is trying to promote a new Constitution while another report submitted by K.H.J. Wijeyadasa says that the Panel had received more than 700 letters from the public giving their opinion on the national problem. But the panel had only taken into consideration the recommendations provided by a pro LTTE NGO ? Berghof Foundation,` he said claiming that the APRC had lost sight of its objectives.
`Our decision whether to withdraw from the APC as well will depend on how the government is going to respond to the APRC decision,` Mr. Amarasinghe said.
He charged the majority report issued by the APRC experts` panel was undemocratic.
`There are accepted democratic norms to follow when introducing a new Constitution. The government should not disregard the popular mandate by failing to seek public opinion. This report has violated all accepted democratic norms and has paid no attention to the peoples` mandate received by the President because people did not vote at the last Presidential Election for a united country as recommended by this report,` he said.
He said although the party had reservations regarding some contents in the 1978 Constitution, it compromised and accepted democratic path.
`We cannot simply protest saying that we do not agree with the report because that might leave room for the Chairman of the committee to close the issue saying we had objected. We withdrew from the APRC to make a greater impact and that does not mean we are not committed to finding a solution to the national crisis. We feel that taking part in the APRC alone is a crime against the public,` he said.
JVP Parliamentary Group Leader Wimal Weerawansa said the government`s remark that the report did not carry state stamp of approval was not acceptable.
`The Constitutional Reforms Committee itself is full of NGO members. Four out of the 11 members who signed and issued this report are government representatives. They are still in the public service. If the government is of the opinion that this report does not reflect its stand , either these officials should withdraw their signatures or they should be subjected to a disciplinary inquiry for going against the State,` he added.
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MarkLevinson
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13 Dec 2006 12:16:16 GMT Report for Abuse
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Dang...here you are Mr. Brown....
I nearly put a RIP notice on my page:):):):)
Edited By - MarkLevinson - 13 Dec 2006 12:17:56 G |
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13 Dec 2006 12:20:41 GMT Report for Abuse
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INSHA ALLAH!
MrBrown nice to have you back! |
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13 Dec 2006 12:27:33 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Sorry for the delay in updates, etc. But I am back now. :) |
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13 Dec 2006 12:27:54 GMT Report for Abuse
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It is nice to see you and the news flow again, so let the games begin,
:-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)
Edited By - Saint - 13 Dec 2006 12:31:59 GMT |
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13 Dec 2006 12:29:54 GMT Report for Abuse
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Surprised? dont be
what is JVP plan?? their plan is to kill mahinda and take over the presidency.
they will go that extra mile.
jVP spokesperson said that the Marxists were unhappy with 11 of the 17 comedians recommending a devolution package based of Chandrika Bandaranaiyaka's 1996 rejected proposals.
The proposal is 'simply not funny' said the JVP spokesperson adding that the only way to resolve the ethnic conflict is to pull out of the Cease Fire Agreement (CFA) and wage all out war. |
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13 Dec 2006 12:32:52 GMT Report for Abuse
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JVP withdraws from APRC
This time these guyes oppose it before the solution comes to the table.Now all party comedians miss JVP |
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13 Dec 2006 12:33:59 GMT Report for Abuse
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Mr. Brown,
You were on honey moon!
See.....how people were DESPERATELY waiting you to be online.......poor you they never let you go :):):):):) |
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13 Dec 2006 12:34:02 GMT Report for Abuse
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Priyanthi
Back....??
Then I was right!!
You were on honey moon!
I was in a place where even a sattelite internet connection was not possible. |
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13 Dec 2006 12:36:46 GMT Report for Abuse
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Priyanthy,
Saint,
Told ya....Now happy?????
Sure, I am happy now. Good girl. Thanks.
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