Following parliamentary elections, President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa wasted no time in obtaining cabinet approval and thereafter gazetting the proposed 20th Amendment to the 1978 Constitution...
Twenty Attorneys at Law, this morning filed a Fundamental Rights petition against the proposed 20th Amendment to the constitution of Sri Lanka.
In their petition,...
Given highly misleading justifications of the draft 20th Amendment advanced by Government Ministers, including those who profess to have some knowledge of the law and...
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“If you think this has a happy ending, you haven’t been paying attention.” — Ramsay, Game of Thrones
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We, the undersigned organisations, are deeply concerned about the impact the Sri Lanka 20th Constitutional Amendment Bill (the ‘Amendment Bill’) issued on 2 September...
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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has directed the officials to treat all verbal orders issued reports presidential media division. The PMD reports that...
It has been the same story since the beginning of the covid-19 outbreak—cancelled orders, production drops or halts due to the lockdowns, drying out...
Former Governor of Uva, Southern and Central Provinces and Former Executive Director of Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) and Center for Human Rights...
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The Gotabaya Presidency is nothing like any previous Presidency including that of JR Jayewardene. All previous Presidencies since 1978, and indeed...
In his message to the high-level meeting to Commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations on 21 September 2020, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa says...
The debate on the proposed 20th Amendment to Sri Lanka’s 1978 Constitution is gathering momentum. The proposal which has been published in the Government...
“If history is continuity and discontinuity, resolution and catastrophe, it is also surprise and unanimity; a total fascist state that in January 1933 was...
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The Retired Judges’ Association (RJA) says it is “gravely perturbed” by the potential impact of the draft 20th Amendment on the...
Professional media industry bodies have raised concerns over certain clauses of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution, saying it would have a detrimental impact...
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Constitutions of democratic Republics should not be tailor made for individuals. Yet, Sri Lanka’s constitutional practice has been stubbornly reflective of...
"Former Defence Secretary, continuing his statement before the PCoI probing Easter attacks said, claims that former President Sirisena was not informed of the possibility...
Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army on Tuesday (15) presided a conference with the Chief Signal Officer,...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is filling government with ex-top brass in the name of 'professionalizing' island-nation's politics.
by Salman Rafi Sheikh
Even at the height of the Sri...
