Day: 8 December 2014

Stop vote-buying

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Stop vote-buying Elections are important to voters to elect leaders of their choice. Over the past decade elections have suffered due to impersonation, vote buying and electoral violence. None have been brought to book for committing such offences. There seems to be no accountability process during and after elections to try offenders. A voter will not sell his vote if he is educated on the manifestos of contenders at election fray. He will vote only on his interest or in national interest. That is what is needed at elections to…

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Is Tamil Nadu Holding Up Deal On Swapping Fishermen Prisoners?

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Sri Lanka and India are discussing at the diplomatic level a proposal from fishermen’s organizations in both countries that fishermen being held in custody in the two countries should be released in a swapping arrangement. But Tamil Nadu appears to be standing in the deal’s way, some officials said on condition of anonymity. Speaking to the Indian media, the Director General of Fisheries, Nimal Hettiarachchi, said that Sri Lanka has taken up this suggestion with India through diplomatic channels. It is learnt from other sources that while the Indian Central…

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Govt: Presidential powers, defence, 13 A: Sirisena contradicts himself

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By Shamindra Ferdinando The SLFP led UPFA yesterday urged the political grouping backing opposition presidential candidate Maithripala Sirisena to speak with one voice. Addressing the media at SLFP headquarters, National Freedom Front (NFF) spokesman Mohammed Muzammil alleged that those spearheading Opposition campaign had been pulling in different directions. The NFF split from the JVP several years ago over differences over policy. SLFP Treasurer Dallas Alahapperuma and LSSP leader Prof. Tissa Vitharana, too, joined the briefing. The former parliamentarians was responding to Maithripala Sirisena’s declaration in an interview with BBC’s Sandeshaya…

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I was offered 100 million rupees to stay with the govt

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I Am Not Afraid Of Any Investigation – Navin Dissanayake Former Public Management Reforms Minister and Chief Organiser United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) for the Nuwara Eliya District Navin Dissanayake who crossed over from the government to support the common candidate to abolish executive presidency said like his father the late Gamini Dissanayake, he too sees how dangerous it is to have executive powers with one person. “Like my father I too had to take certain decision to serve the country. That was why I crossed over with another 17…

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