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JVP bound by UPFA manifesto to pursue a political solution - Mangala
Saturday, 17 February 2007 - 5:17 AM SL Time
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Ex-Minister Mangala Samaraweera`s demand that the JVP, which is openly opposing a political solution, be brought back to the government fold, at a time when the government has promised to unveil its solution shortly, has disturbed the devolution lobby in the government, The Island learns.
However, Mr. Samaraweera defended his position on the grounds that whatever the JVP may say, it is bound by the UPFA manifesto of 2004, which envisages a political solution, the nature of which is to be determined by the people, Mr. Samaraweera said. In answer to our question how he reconciled his demand that a political solution be evolved to the conflict and proposal to the President that the JVP`s support be secured, he said he didn`t think that a coming together of the two parties will stand in the way of a political solution.
Asked what he thought of the JVP`s position that the CFA be abrogated and the LTTE be defeated militarily, Mr. Samaraweera said the JVP had a right to its views but it had subscribed to the UPFA manifesto.
JVP Propaganda Secretary Wimal Weerawansa, contacted for comments, said Mangala being a member of the SLFP might hold a view different from that of the JVP but that was no barrier for the two parties to work together.
He said Mangala was not the only SLFP member who subscribed to a political solution. Many in the party, he said, held that view. `We are totally against a political solution aimed at devolution of power but if the military on-going military campaign against the LTTE is continued and the outfit defeated, thereafter there should be a solution to rid the country of communalism and separatism. That is the only political solution we have in mind,` he said.
Meanwhile, SLFP sources said at a meeting of 425 Western Province SLFP Provincial Councillors, Municipal Councillors, Local government representatives and representatives of SLFP organizations in electorates, some members had objected to an attempt by the conveners to take up the issue of the dissidents. The protesters pointed out they had gathered to discuss the current political situation in the country and not internal squabbles of the party. The meeting chaired by SLFP General Secretary Maithripala Sirisena was attended by Ministers Dilan Perera and Felix Perera. Presidential Advisor Bharatha Premanchandra also addressed the meeting. However, contacted for comments the organizers claimed the meeting had ended without any such incident.
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justman
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17 Feb 2007 01:09:56 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Every party and every elected member should not go back on their manifesto,for which they were elected.If they want to go back on their promises to the voter,then they must go back to the country and seek a new term,otherwise a plebiscite is meaningless.. |
Roshan2007
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17 Feb 2007 06:48:39 GMT Report for Abuse
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However, Mr. Samaraweera defended his position on the grounds that whatever the JVP may say, it is bound by the UPFA manifesto of 2004, which envisages a political solution,..
asking JVP a political solution is like 'Ibbagen pihatu gannawa wage wadek' |
anizam
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18 Feb 2007 01:06:05 GMT Report for Abuse
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Very interesting link on Sunday times. Whlile most ministers have one or two departments under their preview - look at what the Rajapassa brothers have in their pocket - literaly.... Just imagine the money that is involved here. Just PLUNDER .5% of the budget of each of these institutions and the Rajapassas are set for LIFE.
While our Minister of SPECIAL PROJECTS His royal hiness Mahinda Wijesekera has NO institutions under his preview
Among the institutions which are retained by the President are:
* The Telecommunication Regulatory
Authority (TRC)
* Sri Lanka Land Reclamation and
Development Corporation (SLRDC),
* Land Reforms Commission (LRC)
* The Public Enterprises Reforms Commission (PERC)
Minister of Religious Affairs and Moral Upliftment
*Department of Buddhist Affairs
* Department of Christian Religious Affairs
* Department of Hindu Religious and
Cultural Affairs
* Department of Muslim Religious and
Cultural Affairs
* Department of Public Trustee
Minister of Defence, Public Security, Law and Order
* Sri Lanka Army, Navy and Air Force
* Department of Police
* National Cadet Corps
* Reserve Affairs Council
* Kotalawala Defence Academy
* National Defence Fund
* National Intelligence Bureau
* National Dangerous
Drugs Control Board
* Special Police Reserve
* Department of Civil Security
* Army Command and Staff College
Ranaviru Seva Authority
Ministry of Finance and Planning
* General Treasury
* Department of National Budget
* Department of Fiscal Policy
* Department of National Planning
* Department of Management Services
* Department of State Accounts
* Department of Public Finance
* Department of Treasury Operation
* Department of External Resources
* Department of Development Finance
* Department of Public Enterprises
* Department of Trade, Tariff and
Investment Policy
* Department of Census and Statistics
* Department of Inland Revenue
* Sri Lanka Customs
* Department of Excise
* Department of Valuation
* Central Bank of Sri Lanka
* Sri Lanka Accounting and Auditing
Standards Monitoring Board
* Insurance Board of Sri Lanka
* Lady Lochore Fund
* Strike, Riot, Civil Commotion and
Terrorism Fund
* Development Lotteries Board
* National Lotteries Board
* Bank of Ceylon
* People's Bank
* National Savings Bank
* Employees Trust Fund
* State Mortgage and Investment Bank
* Regional Development Banks
* Private Sector Infrastructure
* Development Company
* Credit Information Bureau
* National Development Trust Fund
* Securities and Exchange Commission
of Sri Lanka
* Welfare Benefits Board
* Department of Import
and Export Control
* Housing Development Finance
Corporation Bank (HDFCB)
* Lanka Putra Development Bank
Nation Building and Estate
Infrastructure Development
* Reconstruction and Development
Agency (RADA)
* Secretariat of Immediate Humanitarian
and rehabilitation needs in the North and East (SIHRAN)
* Department of Up-Country Peasantry
Rehabilitation
* Tsunami Housing Reconstruction
Unit (THRU)
* Transport and Highways Unit
* Fisheries Housing Unit
* Road Development Unit
* Water and Power Supply Unit
* Infrastructure Development Unit
* Estate Community Housing
Development Unit
* Department of Commissioner-General
of Samurdhi
* Samurdhi Authority of Sri Lanka
* International Centre for the Training of
* Rural Leaders (Embilipitiya)
* Rural Development Training and
Research Institute
* Gama Neguma Secretariat
* District Planning Secretariats
* Gemi Diriya Programme
* Southern Development Authority
* Regional Development Division
* Southern Rural Economic Advancement Project
* Revolving Credit Programme -
Kegalle District
* Revolving Credit Programme -
Ratnapura District
* NWP Dry Zone Participatory
* Development Project
* Integrated Rural Development Project- Moneragala
* Matale Rural Economic Advancement
Project
* Enterprise Service System Promotion
Project - Kandy
* Moneragala Irrigation and Community
Development Project
* Uva Rural Economic Advancement
Project
* NCP Participatory Rural Development
Project
* Udarata Development Authority
* Project for Maintenance Infrastructure
for Alleviation of Rural Poverty
* Ten Thousand Tanks Project
Edited By - anizam - 18 Feb 2007 01:07:53 GMT |
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