Thursday, June 20, 2013

Devolution dilemmas

June 20, 2013  
  • A week has passed since the Government pledged to present an Urgent Bill amending the provisions of 13A in Parliament, but there is no sign of it so far. With members of its own coalition putting up stiff resistance and the Opposition heating up against the moves in New Delhi, could the regime be rethinking the move?
As the country witnesses the outbreak of a veritable epidemic of ruling party politicos running rampage in their respective fiefdoms and a senior police officer being investigated in connection with a high profile murder, the ‘miraculously’ recovered Deshamanya R. Duminda Silva re-entered the Chamber of Parliament yesterday.
Silva, a privileged pet of the upper echelons of the country’s political dynasty and a suspect in the murder of SLFP strongman and Presidential Advisor Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra who was killed in election day violence in October 2011, was released on bail in April this year.