No nominations for CWC minister

Sunday, 23 June 2013

CWC Leader, Minister Arumugam Thondaman has decided not to give nominations to Central Provincial Council Minster in-charge of Tamil education, Anusha Sivaraja at the next Central Provincial Council election.

CWC sources say the Minister had decided to move Anusha Sivaraja out of active politics following a request made by his advisor, Rupa Magandi Ram Mohan, who is residing in Hyderabad, India.

Therefore, three CWC members in the Central Provincial Council are now engaged in a tussle to secure the ministerial portfolio in the council in the event the Alliance government records a victory at the provincial elections. While Kanabadi Thyagaraja who joined the CWC from Sathasivam’s party and Udaya Kumar who joined the CWC from Digambaran’s party are at loggerheads over securing the ministerial portfolio, Minister Thondaman has promised the post to Ram also known as Ramesh. Ramesh had worked for Thondaman at his residence.

An investigation carried out by the Presidential Investigations Unit on the corruption at provincial councils has found Anusha Sivaraja to be the least corrupt minister in the provincial council system.

Leftist parties to boycott PSC

2013-06-22

The leftist parties of the ruling United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) have decided to boycott the proposed Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) on removing land and police powers devolved to the Provincial Councils.

A spokesman for the leftist alliance said they have been informed by the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) that they too will not be participating in the PSC. The final decision on the matter will be taken at a meeting tomorrow (23).A group led by Ministers, Tissa Vitarana, D.E.W. Gunasekera and Vasudeva Nanayakkara, are expected to participate in the meeting.

The Left alliance also said they will not allow the passing of the interim report of the PSC, which will be due in a month from now.

They also believe such a report will be completely one-sided in the absence of the TNA and the SLMC and that their participation in it would be tantamount to encouraging such a unilateral position.
The leftists would also mobilize the masses against such a dictatorial position, the spokesman said.