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Tuesday, 07 September 2010
The protest walk organized by the JVP against the 18th amendment reached the main gate of the Parliamentary complex a short while ago. The police used barricades to prevent the demonstration from proceeding further. As such, the protestors are carrying out their agitation at the entrance to the Parliament says our reporter.
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Paba to support 18th Amendment

Tuesday, 07 September 2010
Gampaha District United National Party Upeksha Swarnamali, popularly known as Paba met President Mahinda Rajapaksa a short while ago and pledged to support the 18^th Amendment to the Constitution, sources said a short while ago.
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If this trend continues the emergence of another armed group is not too far off -Mohan Lal Grero

Tuesday, 07 September 2010
UNP M P Mohan Lal Grero addressing a media conference on sunday (5) at the UNP media unit to explain the impact the constititutional amendments will have on the unions and the Govt. service said, when the people and the youths of the country realize that the rulers are acting anti Democratically, there is room for those sections to be compelled in the future to resort to violence and armed rebellion in order to restore Democracy
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No referendum needed on constitutional reforms

Tuesday, 07 September 2010
The Supreme Court has determined that the 18th amendment to the constitutional was consistent with the present constitution, speaker Chamal Rajapaksa informed parliament today (Sep. 07).
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The UNP is to take legal action against the three UNP MPs

Tuesday, 07 September 2010
The UNP is to take legal action against the three UNP MPs who had expressed their support to the proposed constitutional amendments, UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake told reporters today. Speaking at a media briefing Attanayake said that they are currently seeking legal advice to determine the possibility of resorting to such legal action. “Voting against the proposed constitutional amendments was a unanimous decision taken at the parliamentary group meeting as it would pave way to creating a dictatorship in the country. Disciplinary action would be taken against the three MPs who have currently expressed their support and any MP who would violate this unanimous decision through voting in favour of the constitution amendment proposals,” he said.
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Another for MR

Tuesday, 07 September 2010
UNP Kurunegala District MP Nilwala Wijesingha announced today that he will vote with the government for the 18th amendment.
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DICTATORSHIP IN THE MAKING

Monday, 06 September 2010
The Executive President of Sri Lanka is the Head of State, Government and the Commander in Chief of Armed Forces. The constitution of Sri Lanka guarantees that the President is above the Law; he/she cannot be brought before any court of law including the Supreme Court in the country. The previous Presidents who came to power misused their powers violating the democratic rights of the people. Since then, the establishment of Presidential system in 1978 replacing the Westminster System has been opposed by all the democratic political parties and organizations
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Sri Lanka breakdown of remaining democracy slammed by newspapers

Monday, 06 September 2010
Sri Lanka's main English weeklies have slammed a proposed change to the country's constitution as the latest in a long list of moves by rulers to destroy individual liberties and break remaining democratic institutions. The constitutional change will see the term limits for the President currently set at two being lifted. Earlier this year Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa won a landslide second term. Juggernaut But more damagingly, it will also break remaining democratic institutions with the independence of the judiciary and the election office also destroyed, The Sunday Times newspaper said.
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Chandrika Kumaratunga Condemns The 18th Amendment

Sunday, 05 September 2010
Former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga condemned the 18th Amendment proposed by the government saying it is a “horrendous move” and that she could not agree with it in any way. Speaking to The Sunday Leader Kumaratunga said that being “a total democrat,” she believes that rulers must not grab power, but on the contrary make it even more democratic. Kumaratunga said she had been firmly committed to abolishing the Executive Presidency and tried to do so in 2000 along with the devolution package, since the position was extremely dangerous to democracy. “Abolishing of the Executive Presidency was also included in the package,” she said, “I was always against the Executive Presidency and the extreme powers vested with it. When I proposed to abolish it, G.L. Peiris said not to and asked me to keep it for one or two years. But I said it should be abolished in one year,” she claimed.
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We were not allowed time to take Legal action against constitutional amendments –Ranil

Friday, 03 September 2010
UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe addressing a media briefing at the Sri Kotha on the 1st, said the party was more ready to take political measures rather than legal against the Govt.’s proposed constitutional amendments. Mr. Wickremesinghe gave this above answer in reply to a question posed by the media whether the UNP is taking legal measures against the constitutional amendments of the Govt. He also added that, as the proposed amendments in writing were received by the party only on Sunday last, there was hardly any time for the party’s legal Council to make an evaluation thereon.
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Manusha with MR

Friday, 03 September 2010
UNP MP Manusha Nanayakkara told reporters a short while ago that he has decided to vote with the government for the constitutional reforms proposals in Parliament next week
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JVP Demonstration Reaches Parliament

The protest walk organized by the JVP against the 18th amendment reached the main gate of the Parliamentary complex a short while ago. The police used barricades to prevent the demonstration from proceeding further. As such, the protestors are carrying out their agitation at the entrance to the Parliament says our reporter.