Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, November 13 (newsin.asia): Senior leaders of the ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) led by President Maithripala Sirisena, and the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), led by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, on Tuesday quashed a widespread rumor that Rajapaksa plans to resign rather than face parliament on Wednesday after the Supreme Court […]

Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, Nov 13 (newsin.asia) – Sri Lanka’s new Foreign Minister, Sarath Amunugama has said the newly appointed government will abide by the ruling given by the Supreme Court on the early dissolution of Parliament by President Maithripala Sirisena, local media reported Tuesday. Speaking to journalists in capital Colombo, Amunugama said that ousted Prime […]

Ratanapala 14 Nov 2018 The Way Forward and What is to be done? It is time the SLFP died its natural death and so too the UNP. These two geriatric political parties though brought into existence on lofty ideals, have over the years failed to bring peace and prosperity to the citizens of Sri Lanka. […]

By Noor Nizam – Peace and Political Activist, Political Communication Researcher, SLFP Stalwart and Convener – “The Muslim Voice”. 13th., November 2018. An INTERIM ORDER is a temporary court order, intended to be of limited duration, usually just until the court has had an opportunity of hearing the full case and make a final order. The […]

By Dr Kamal Wickremasinghe Courtesy The Island November 13, 2018, 8:59 pm The political events of the last fortnight that created a change in power structures in the country may bear significance in the short term, but will be unlikely to mark a significant turn in historical terms. In a nutshell, the events marked a simple […]

Editorial Courtesy The Island November 13, 2018, 9:37 pm The Supreme Court has issued an interim order suspending the dissolution of Parliament till Dec. 07. This is not what President Maithripala Sirisena and his allies bargained for. His rivals have declared victory prematurely. People are agog with curiosity; thankfully they remain calm and quiet. The sooner […]

By Neville Ladduwahetty Courtesy The Island Dr. Jayampathy Wickrmaratne is reported to have stated: “President Maithripala Sirisena cannot dissolve Parliament to overcome the current constitutional crisis caused by the unconstitutional sacking of PM Ranil Wickremesinghe”. The report also states: “It is a golden rule that in interpreting a Constitution, the Constitution as a whole must be […]

By : A.A.M.NIZAM – MATARA . The UNP suffering from perennial electrophobia and utterly fearful of facing voters in elections its Paroxetine JVP ,JHU Muslim Com-gross TPA. Dollar voracious NGO vultures and pro-tiger terrorist sympathiser Rajan Hoole, despite being a member of the so-called Independent election commission (perhaps on behalf of the Tamil diaspora) and […]

කීර්ති තෙන්නකෝන් පාර්ලිමේන්තුව මැතිවරණය පැවැත්වීමට නොහැකි තත්වයක් උද්ගත වන්නේ නම්, ජනාධිපති සහ මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ කණ්ඩායම සතු දුර දිග අවිය ‘ලංකාවේ පළාත් සභා සහ පාර්ලිමේන්තු මැතිවරණය එක වර පැවැත්විය යුතුය ද?‘‘ යන ජනමත විචාරණය (ලාම්පු කළ ගෙඩි සෙල්ලම) කරළිය පැමිණෙනු ඇත. මෙම සති අන්තයට පෙර ජනාධිපතිවරයා අවාසිදායක තීන්දුවක් ලැබේ නම්, නොවැ. 16 දින ජනමත විචාරණ ගැසට් […]

Dr Ruwan M Jayatunge Freddie Mercury ‘s  musical hit Bohemian Rhapsody carried a numerous metaphors and symbolism that transformed the band into a global phenomenon. Bohemian Rhapsody” song was written by Freddy Mercury which had no chorus but consisted of   six sections: introduction, ballad, guitar solo, opera, rock and outro. Bohemian Rhapsody could be considered […]

Lanka Lead News අතිගරු ජනාධිපති මෛත්‍රීපාල සිරිසේන මහතා විසින් පාර්ලිමේන්තුව විසුරුවා හැරීම නිත්‍යානුකූල නොවන බවට ශ්‍රෙෂ්ඨාධිකරණය තීන්දු කළහොත් වහාම ජනමත විචාරණයකට යා යුතු බව මහාචාර්ය පූජ්‍ය මැදගොඩ අබේතිස්ස හිමියෝ පවසති. අද(13) පෙරවරුවේ විද්වත් භික්ෂු සංසදය විසින් පැපිලියාන සුනේත්‍රාදේවී පිරිවනේ කැදවා තිබූ මාධ්‍ය හමුවකට එක්වෙමින් උන්වහන්සේ මේ බව කියා සිටියේය. මෙහිදී අදහස් දැක්වූ ආචාර්ය පූජ්‍ය කපුගොල්ලැව […]

lanka C news පාර්ලිමේන්තුව හෙට (14) දිනයේදි නැවත රැස්වන බව හිටපු අගමැති රනිල් වික‍්‍රමසිංහ මහතා පවසයි. තමන් හෙට දිනයේදී පාර්ලිමේන්තු බහුතරය පෙන්වීමට සූදානම් බවද ඔහු සදහන් කරයි. වික‍්‍රමසිංහ මහතා මේ බව කියා සිටියේ අරලිය ගහ මන්දිරයේදි මාධ්‍ය අමතමිනි.

Courtesy The Daily Mirror UPFA MP Namal Rajapaksa said the Supreme Court’s interim order on the dissolution of parliament was not the Court’s final decision. In a tweet he said he had never seen politicians get ‘so excited’ over postponing of elections. The UNP has a history of postponing polls but eventually voters will decide,” […]

Courtesy Adaderana The Supreme Court has issued a stay order temporarily suspending the Gazette notification issued by the President on the dissolution of Parliament. The highest court in the country also issued a stay order on the Elections Commission preventing the holding of a general election. The stay orders have been issued effective until December […]

Keerthi Godayaya ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ නිදහස් චතුරශ්‍රය පිහිටා තිබෙන්නේ ටොරින්ටන් චතුරශ්‍රයේය. එහි විශාල ප්‍රමාණයේ දොන් ස්ටීවන් සේනානායක මහතාගේ පිළිරුවක් තිබේ. අප කුඩාකල පාසල් සවාරියක් සඳහා නිදහස් චතුරශ්‍රය වෙත ගිය කල අප සමග අපට වඩා පහල පන්තිවල සිටි එක්  කුඩා ශිෂ්‍යයෙක් අර සුද්දා කවුදැයි සේනානායක පිළිරුව පෙන්වා ගුරුවරියකගෙන් ඇසුවා මට මතකය. එවිට “ඒ සුද්දෙක් නෙවෙයි ළමයෝ, එයා […]

DHARSHAN WEERASEKERA, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW The newspapers report that six Political Parties will challenge President Sirisena’s dissolution of Parliament before the Supreme Court.  Meanwhile, there is a great deal of commentary by public intellectuals, academics and other pundits as to whether or not the dissolution is justified. Many of the persons who are arguing back and forth […]

14 fundamental rights petitions were filed at the Supreme Courts today 12 November 2018 against the dissolution of Parliament. One petitioner was Prof. S. R. H Hoole & who is Prof Hoole? He is a member of a supposed to be independent Election commission set up by the 19th amendment in April 2015. Now, you […]