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By: Gayathri Nawarathna - Attorney at law
Article Rights: theleader
Elections are often about creating divisions within the electorate and channelling power to the majority opinion. Sri Lanka’s ninth Presidential Election concluded with an unprecedented result, signalling a new chapter in the country’s political landscape. For the first time in history, no candidate secured over 50% of the votes, triggering a second-preference vote count under the Presidential Election Polling Act.
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Dr. S.Jaishankar, India's external affairs minister visited Sri Lanka yesterday (Oct 4) and called on the island nations newly elected leftist president Anura Kumara Dissanayake and his cabinet of ministers.
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By: Roy Wignarajah
Sri Lanka's Tamil Civil society organizations in collaboration with the major Tamil political parties announced former Tamil National Alliance MP, Mr. Packiaselvam .Ariyaneththiran as the common candidate for the upcoming presidential run scheduled for September 21.
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Tamil civil society members and most tamil parties, fielded P.Ariayneththiran as the Tamil peoples common candidate for the forthcoming presidential polls on September 21.
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Sri Lanka’s Parliament has passed a bill to regulate online content, amidst criticism from rights groups and opposition lawmakers, that the government is trying to crack down on dissent and stifle freedom of speech ahead of parliamentary and presidential elections this year.
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March 22,2019
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TNA MP, M.A Sumanthiran has pointed out that the Sri Lankan Constitution did not prevent the setting up of special courts with foreign judges to hear human rights cases and that the TNA would do its best to haul Sri Lanka before an international tribunal if it failed to set up such courts. Sumanthiran is reported to have said this when participating in the committee stage debate on the budget.
It is learned that MP Sumanthiran has said, “Sri Lanka must adhere to the commitment it gave the UNHRC from 2015 to date. If not we will call for the setting up of an international tribunal.”
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News Credit: OHCHR.org
In a resolution (A/HRC/40/L.1) on promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka,