( Workers resting at Jaffna Fort ) Leader of the opposition of the Northern Provincial Council S. Thavarajah says that under the Chief Minister Wigneswaran it has passed 230 resolutions so far but has failed to enact necessary statutes in order to make the council fully functional on all the 37 subjects listed as Provincial […]
Justice C.V.Wigneswaran
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Wigneswaran Says He Will Remain Neutral And Non-Partisan at Sri Lanka Election
Tamil Guardian 30 July 2015 The chief minister of the Northern Province, C V Wigneswaran said he would remain neutral and non-partisan during next month’s general election, despite being elected to his seat by the Tamil National Alliance (TNA). “I feel it would be wrong for me to be seen at any political meeting of […]
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Northern CM’s Development Fund Gets Green Light From President
(Peanut vendor in Jaffna, Sri Lanka by Mark Wiens ) President Maithripala Sirisena has given the green light to Northern Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran to launch the Northern Chief Minister’s Fund for development activities in the Northern Province. President Sirisena convened a special meeting with the Chief Ministers of all nine Provinces at the Presidential […]
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Wigneswaran Speaks on The Long Shadow of War
Chief Minister of Sri Lanka’s Northern Province, C.V. Wigneswaran has expressed his dissatisfaction over the domestic investigation mechanism into the war crimes and emphasised that there should be an international dimension in the investigation process as the domestic mechanism would not bring about the expected results. Wigneswaran, who was answering the questions of journalists during […]
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Sri Lanka: Wigneswaran Takes Part In Remembrance Event In Mullivaikkal
(Wigneswaran in Mullivaikkal;Photo: Tamil Guardian/Twitter) Northern Provincial Council Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran took part an event at Mullivaikkal this morning, to remember those who died during the Eelam War. Others who took part in the event at Mullivaikkal NPC Member Ananthi Sasitharan and TELO leader Selvam Adaikkalanathan, reports said. Meanwhile, several other events were held […]
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Only by Internationalising our predicament we could not possibly bring favourable results; Agitations for internal self determination must proceed simultaneously
Justice C.V.Wigneswaran Thanthai Chelvanayagam memorial lecture (to mark 36 th aneversary of S.J.V. Chelvanayagam) by Justice C.V.Wigneswaran on ‘Whither Sri Lankan Tamils’ on 26 th April in 2013 at new Kathiresan hall in Bambalapitiya. See full speech below: Recently, I was called upon on different occasions to address different groups of the legal fraternity. The […]
