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Mahara PS Chairman, Eleven UNP Members Granted Interim Relief by Chitra Weerarathna 19, 2006, Dissolved the Pradeshiya Sabha

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Mahara PS Chairman, Eleven UNP Members Granted Interim Relief by Chitra Weerarathna 19, 2006, Dissolved the Pradeshiya Sabha 4 Thursday 16th February, 2006 Mahara PS Chairman, eleven UNP members granted interim relief by Chitra Weerarathna 19, 2006, dissolved the Pradeshiya Sabha. against the decision to dissolve. The peti- The Court of Appeal yesterday grant- The Chairman and eleven other UNP tion was supported by Upul Jayasinghe, ed interim relief to the Chairman of the members, filed a writ application in the appearing with P. Radhakrishnan, Mahara Pradeshiya Sabha and eleven Court of Appeal seeking to quash the instructed by L. I. Weerasinghe. other UNP members of the same institu- decision to dissolve. The notice is returnable on March 1, tion, by suspending till March 2, the Yesterday, the Court issued notice on 2006. The respondents have been ordered gazette notification which dissolved the the respondents, the Chief Minister, the to be in Court on that day.The stay order Pradeshiya Sabha. Inquiring officer and the Election is valid till March 2. The Bench com- The Chief Minister of the Western Commissioner. prised, Justice K. Sripavan and Justice Province, Reginold Cooray on January A suspension order was granted Sisira de Abrew. JHU requests SB’s civic Galle district JVP and UNP Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Water & Environment, Victoria State, Australia, John Thwaits, paid a courtesy call on Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation, Mahaweli Development and candidates hand over Environment, Maithripala Sirisena. Scott Hamilton, Advisor to the Minister, Mike Scrafton, Advisor rights be restored to the Minister, Matthew Hyndes, Deputy High Commissioner and Ms. Cecilia Brennan, Third nominations for LG elections Secretary (Political) were present on this occasion. Neminda Samarageeva - Galle corr. The UNP delegation was led by Galle District MP Hemakumara Nanayakkara and comprised of Jayantha Jayaweera Kandy traders sidetrack MP for Karandeniya and handed over the nomination to Assistant LG polls Commissioner of Elections Galle by Cyril Wimalasurendre tor that led to the levy of increased District Bandula Harischandra yester- Kandy - The Kandy business com- parking charges said that they were not day. munity who stubbornly announced fielding an independent group to con- The JVP delegation was led by they would contest the Kandy test the council election. Parliamentarian Ajith Kumara and com- Municipal Council election challenging The spokesman said the United prised of Provincial Councillor Ratna the United National Party administra- National Party (UNP) leadership had Gamage. tion over heavy vehicle parking charge pledged to settle the controversial issue are having second thoughts now. when the party returned to power at the A spokesman for the Sinhala Velanda municipal election. Three LTTE cadres Peramuna of Kandy that was instru- Hence the traders will not be submit- mental in the drive against the leasing ting their nominations today (16), to arrested in Qatar out the streets of Kandy to a private sec- contest MC election, spokesman added. Feb 15,: Three LTTE operatives were arrested by the Qatar police in connec- tion with the assassination of a 26-year- Uduwe Dhammaloka Thero (JHU) and Rajitha Senaratne, MP (UNP) at the press conference held in old Tamil youth in Qatar. Dr. Jayalath to represent UNP Colombo yesterday to request the Government to release former Minister, S. B. Dissanayake restoring The victim was reportedly a close con- his civic rights. (Pic. Saranapala Pamunuwa) fidant of LTTE breakaway leader and Opp. Leader Karuna. He was hit on the head with a participated at this press conference. Dr. Jayalath Jayawardana, MP and islands, Sir Anerood Jugnauth and by Norman Palihawadana steel crowbar while he was fast asleep, Ven. Uduwe Dhammaloka said that Chairman of the Relief & Human Lady Anerood Jugnauth, President and Gamini Perera allegedly by members of the LTTE’s according to deliberations at the Rights Committee of the UNP, will rep- and First Lady of Mauritius, Former Minister, S. B. Dissanayake intelligence group, police said. President’s House it points out to the resent Ranil Wickremesinghe, Leader Enkhbayar Nambaryn, President of should on release from prison have his The police are still hunting for a LTTE release of S. B. Dissanayake soon. of the UNP and Leader of the Mongolia, Shri Bhairon Singh civic rights restored, Jathika Hela intelligence operative who is avoiding “In the event of the former Minister Opposition at an International Shekhawat, Vice-President of India, Urumaya (JHU) parliamentary member, arrest. Meanwhile, a spokesperson for being released, we request the President Conference on Human Values, which Mrs. Dr. Vesna Pusi, Vice-President of Uduwe Dhammaloka said yesterday at a the Sri Lankan Embassy in Doha said to restore his civic rights at the same will be held from the 17th to the 19th of the Republic of Croatia, Ruben press conference in Colombo. the Qatar authorities have taken the time,” Ven. Dhammaloka Thero said. February, 2006 at the Art of Living Arosemena Valdez, Vice-President of Former Minister, Rajitha Senaratne assassination very seriously and are con- International Center, Bangalore. Panama, Ms. Phumzile Mlambo- cerned. (Colombopage) Dr. Jayalath Jayawardana will also Ngeuka, Deputy President of South deliver a speech on the theme, Africa, Ms Joyce Mujuru, Vice- ‘Religion, War, Peace & Spirituality.’ W. President of Zimbabwe, Shri Atal Golden Memories with Cliff and LTTE responds... J. M. Lokubandara, Speaker of the Bihari Vajpayee, former Prime Parliament of Sri Lanka will also Minister of India and President The Gypsies attend this Conference. William J Clinton, former President of From page 1 Dr. Abdul Kalam, President of India, the United States of America are The International Association of Proceeds from the concert will be uti- which he ruled out the separate home- Mr. Ratu Josefa Hoilovatu Ulvivuda, expected to participate in this confer- Lions Clubs District 306/C1 will present lized for humanitarian projects dealing land demand, the LTTE said, “[That] the President of the Republic of the Fiji ence. Golden Memories with Clifford Richards with preventing of blindness in the coun- North-East part of this island is the tradi- and “The Gypsies” and will also feature try. tional homeland of the Tamil people is not Dalrene Suby and Ronnie Lietch as guest Box Plan will be at ‘Torana’ Liberty a political concept that developed artistes on Sunday,February 19 at Waters Plaza and other tickets could be pur- overnight. It has remained the habitat and Edge at 6.30 p.m. “The Gypsies” on the chased at all Kings Super markets. homeland of the Tamil people for over SLMM calls for CBMs band stand will treat the audience to a 2 For details contact Lion Niranjan on several thousands of years. The Tamil 1/2 hours of fabulous entertainment. 0773035607. homeland was well defined and demarcat- By PK Balachandran The government would also demand an end to ed even at the time of European invasion assassinations and the recruitment and abduction of of this island.” Colombo, February 15: Talks between the children. The LTTE statement, published on the government and the LTTE will be successful The government and the LTTE keep blaming LTTE Peace Secretariat website, said, each other whenever trouble arises. She takes... From page 1 only if the two parties improve mutual trust by “LTTE strongly condemns these senti- taking appropriate Confidence Building “There are groups which do not want peace,” ments expressed by the President that Party sources said that Kumaratunga calling on Kumaratunga to quit the lead- Measures (CBM), says Hagrup Haukland, head Haukland said. tend to belittle the political rights of the would not give up the leadership imme- ership. Bandaranaike accused of the Scandinavian-staffed truce monitoring “Some groups had defined themselves out of the diately. President Mahinda Rajapakse is Tennakoon of conveniently forgetting Tamil people. peace process”, he added, thereby hinting that such “The Tamil people have always protest- team in Sri Lanka. also vigorously campaigning with sever- the past and now going against the Talking to the Foreign Correspondents’ groups were making the task of keeping the peace al dozen UNP local government council- Bandaranaikes. He also claimed that ed against Sinhala governments’ system- atic and planned Sinhala colonisation of Association in Colombo on Tuesday, Haukland more difficult. lors pledging their support to him at the Tennakoon was among the partymen the Tamil homeland with an ulterior sin- said that the confidence in each other was “not But Haukland scrupulously avoided naming any forthcoming polls. Rajapakse also won who immensely benefited from the ister motive to grab territory.Ground real- good at all”. of these groups. the support of the CWC giving him a Bandaranaikes. Unfortunately they ity dictates that obviously it is the growth “Many things can be done in terms of The chief ceasefire monitor said that expectations clear edge over the UNP in the hills. were not grateful, he said. of Tamil peoples’ military strength that CBMs,” he said. from the Geneva talks were high among the public. Some of the ex-UNP councillors are con- Bandaranaik’s letter, in which he has prevented the Sinhala regimes from Talks between the Sri Lankan government He hoped that the talks would find a way forward. testing the forthcoming polls on the reminds Tennakoon of Kumaratunga furthering their agenda on this score. and the LTTE, to be held in Geneva on February “Where there is a will there is a way,” he said. UPFA ticket. releasing funds from the President’s “Homeland, nationhood and self-rule Even if the two parties did not come to any agree- Meanwhile Minister Anura Fund for him to under an urgent medical 22 and 23, are on the smooth implementation of are the three basic and cardinal principles the February 2002 Ceasefire Agreement (CFA). ment at the Geneva conclave, they could agree to Bandaranaike slammed colleague operation, has been sent to the entire that have been guiding the LTTE in its The CFA has been violated more than 5,000 meet again, he said.
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