US Ambassador discuss with Sambanthan

Thursday , 16 May 2013

United States Ambassador for Sri Lanka Michele J. Sison had an expanded discussion with Tamil National Alliance parliament members concerning the land crisis in north which has now become a phenomenal crisis, the Northern Province council election, discussions for political settlement including the contemporary political conditions.

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This meeting  was held two days back at the Tamil National Alliance office located at Colombo Bambalapitiya, was attended on behalf of Alliance by  Leader R.Sambanthan and parliament member Sumenthiran.

Lands confiscated in the north  carried out  in a systemized manner has cropped up crisis, excessive interference of army, ongoing atrocities  in the name of resettlement and activity advanced by government  to convert the ethnic dissemination, was in detail expressed to US Ambassador by the Alliance.

Alliance expressed its stance concerning the northern provincial council election notified by the government of holding in the month of September and pointed out that the northern provincial council should be held amid international scrutiny

SLFP Mayor declares war on Weerawansa

*Pushes IGP, Polls Chief, AG to act on HRC report

May 16, 2013, 9:46 pm 

by Dhammika Salwathura

 Kaduwela Mayor G. H. Buddhadasa yesterday vowed to launch a protest campaign, involving 1,000 people, at the Kaduwela junction, unless the government initiated immediate action against National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa and SSP Deshabanda Tennakoon, accused of election malpractices during the last parliamentary polls in April 2010.

Kaduwela Municipal Council is controlled by the SLFP-led UPFA.

Addressing the media, at the Kaduwela Municipal Council, Buddadasa said that after investigating a complaint lodged by him, the Human Rights Council of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) had ruled that Weerawansa and Tennakoon, as well as several other police officers, had violated elections laws.

The veteran politician said that there had never been a previous case in the HRCSL finding fault with a minister for violating election laws.

Responding to a query by the media, Biddadasa said that it was the responsibility of the IGP, the Attorney General and the Elections Commissioner to initiate action against minister Weerawansa.

Buddadasa said that unlike Weerawansa, he wouldn’t stage a bogus hunger strike like the one opposite the UN mission in Colombo. Instead, his protest would continue until those responsible for law and order took action against Minister Weerawansa.