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Minutes of Parliament Present
(Ninth Parliament - First Session) No. 62.] MINUTES OF PARLIAMENT Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 10.00 a.m. PRESENT : Hon. Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana, Speaker Hon. Angajan Ramanathan, Deputy Chairperson of Committees Hon. Mahinda Amaraweera, Minister of Environment Hon. Dullas Alahapperuma, Minister of Power Hon. Mahindananda Aluthgamage, Minister of Agriculture Hon. Udaya Gammanpila, Minister of Energy Hon. Dinesh Gunawardena, Minister of Foreign and Leader of the House of Parliament Hon. (Dr.) Bandula Gunawardana, Minister of Trade Hon. Janaka Bandara Thennakoon, Minister of Public Services, Provincial Councils & Local Government Hon. Nimal Siripala de Silva, Minister of Labour Hon. Vasudeva Nanayakkara, Minister of Water Supply Hon. (Dr.) Ramesh Pathirana, Minister of Plantation Hon. Johnston Fernando, Minister of Highways and Chief Government Whip Hon. Prasanna Ranatunga, Minister of Tourism Hon. C. B. Rathnayake, Minister of Wildlife & Forest Conservation Hon. Chamal Rajapaksa, Minister of Irrigation and State Minister of National Security & Disaster Management and State Minister of Home Affairs Hon. Gamini Lokuge, Minister of Transport Hon. Wimal Weerawansa, Minister of Industries Hon. (Dr.) Sarath Weerasekera, Minister of Public Security Hon. M .U. M. Ali Sabry, Minister of Justice Hon. (Dr.) (Mrs.) Seetha Arambepola, State Minister of Skills Development, Vocational Education, Research and Innovation Hon. Lasantha Alagiyawanna, State Minister of Co-operative Services, Marketing Development and Consumer Protection ( 2 ) M. No. 62 Hon. Ajith Nivard Cabraal, State Minister of Money & Capital Market and State Enterprise Reforms Hon. (Dr.) Nalaka Godahewa, State Minister of Urban Development, Coast Conservation, Waste Disposal and Community Cleanliness Hon. D. V. Chanaka, State Minister of Aviation and Export Zones Development Hon. Sisira Jayakody, State Minister of Indigenous Medicine Promotion, Rural and Ayurvedic Hospitals Development and Community Health Hon. -
Hansard (213-16)
213 වන කාණ්ඩය - 16 වන කලාපය 2012 ෙදසැම්බර් 08 වන ෙසනසුරාදා ெதாகுதி 213 - இல. 16 2012 சம்பர் 08, சனிக்கிழைம Volume 213 - No. 16 Saturday, 08th December, 2012 පාලෙනත වාද (හැනසා) பாராமன்ற விவாதங்கள் (ஹன்சாட்) PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES (HANSARD) ල වාතාව அதிகார அறிக்ைக OFFICIAL REPORT (අෙශෝධිත පිටපත /பிைழ தித்தப்படாத /Uncorrected) අන්තර්ගත පධාන කරුණු නිෙව්දන : විෙශෂේ ෙවෙළඳ භාණ්ඩ බදු පනත : ෙපොදු රාජ මණ්ඩලීය පාර්ලිෙම්න්තු සංගමය, අන්තර් නියමය පාර්ලිෙම්න්තු සංගමය සහ “සාක්” පාර්ලිෙම්න්තු සංගමෙය් ඒකාබද්ධ වාර්ෂික මහා සභා රැස්වීම නිෂපාදන් බදු (විෙශෂේ විධිවිධාන) පනත : ශී ලංකා පජාතාන්තික සමාජවාදී ජනරජෙය් නිෙයෝගය ෙශෂේ ඨාධිකරණෙය්් අග විනිශචයකාර් ධුරෙයන් ගරු (ආචාර්ය) ශිරානි ඒ. බණ්ඩාරනායක මහත්මිය ඉවත් කිරීම සුරාබදු ආඥාපනත : සඳහා අතිගරු ජනාධිපතිවරයා ෙවත පාර්ලිෙම්න්තුෙව් නියමය ෙයෝජනා සම්මතයක් ඉදිරිපත් කිරීම පිණිස ආණ්ඩුකම වවසථාෙව්් 107(2) වවසථාව් පකාර ෙයෝජනාව පිළිබඳ විෙශෂේ කාරක සභාෙව් වාර්තාව ෙර්ගු ආඥාපනත : ෙයෝජනාව පශනවලට් වාචික පිළිතුරු වරාය හා ගුවන් ෙතොටුෙපොළ සංවර්ධන බදු පනත : ශී ලංකාෙව් පථම චන්දිකාව ගුවන්ගත කිරීම: නිෙයෝගය විදුලි සංෙද්ශ හා ෙතොරතුරු තාක්ෂණ අමාතතුමාෙග් පකාශය ශී ලංකා අපනයන සංවර්ධන පනත : විසර්ජන පනත් ෙකටුම්පත, 2013 - [විසිතුන්වන ෙවන් කළ නිෙයෝගය දිනය]: [ශීර්ෂ 102, 237-252, 280, 296, 323, 324 (මුදල් හා කමසම්පාදන);] - කාරක සභාෙව්දී සලකා බලන ලදී. -
Sri Lanka's Potemkin Peace: Democracy Under Fire
Sri Lanka’s Potemkin Peace: Democracy Under Fire Asia Report N°253 | 13 November 2013 International Crisis Group Headquarters Avenue Louise 149 1050 Brussels, Belgium Tel: +32 2 502 90 38 Fax: +32 2 502 50 38 [email protected] Table of Contents Executive Summary ................................................................................................................... i Recommendations..................................................................................................................... iii I. Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 1 II. Northern Province Elections and the Future of Devolution ............................................ 2 A. Implementing the Thirteenth Amendment? ............................................................. 3 B. Northern Militarisation and Pre-Election Violations ................................................ 4 C. The Challenges of Victory .......................................................................................... 6 1. Internal TNA discontent ...................................................................................... 6 2. Sinhalese fears and charges of separatism ........................................................... 8 3. The TNA’s Tamil nationalist critics ...................................................................... 9 D. The Legal and Constitutional Battleground .............................................................. 12 E. A Short- -
Ekanayake Ranil Helped Hotelier at Expense of Country
Wednesday 22nd October, 2008 3 No laws enacted Thoroughfare Bill to develop road for noise pollution - Ranawaka network – Ekanayake Replying an adjournment time Minister of Highways T. B. tion were largely ignored by them and motion moved by Ekanayake presenting the National only after independence that the needs of Gampaha District Thoroughfare Bill in Parliament yesterday the indigenous population came to be con- member Edward (21), said the Bill was being presented to Ranil helped hotelier at sidered. The present Bill seeks to move a Gunasekara, in formulate and implement a national policy step ahead of the present state of road Parliament, on the ban on the highways and the roads network in development with the participation of the of using public address Edward the country.The Thoroughfares Ordinance Provincial Councils, local government systems/loudspeakers enacted by the British in the previous cen- expense of country – Ekanayake bodies and local officials represented in from 10.00 p.m. to 6.00 a.m. that had tury, had been amended 39 times in differ- the decision making process that would affected the artistes who performed in ent periods, but in the context of today’s Highways Minister during A. H. M. not be confined to Colombo musical entertainment shows and reli- developments and needs of the people, the T. B. Ekanayake yester- Fowzie’s tenure as as before. gious events held at night, Minister of new Bill seeks to develop the road network day said that the newly Highways Minister. Edward Gunasekara Environment and Natural with the participation of the public and built bridge at Bentota Fowzie had laid the (UNP) Gamapha District Resources Patali Champika private sector as well as assistance from would have had four foundation stone for a said though the SLFP-led Ranawaka said the ruling of the foreign sources. -
Endgame in Sri Lanka Ajit Kumar Singh*
Endgame in Sri Lanka Ajit Kumar Singh* If we do not end war – war will end us. Everybody says that, millions of people believe it, and nobody does anything. – H.G. Wells 1 The Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse finally ended the Eelam War2 in May 2009 – though, perhaps, not in the manner many would desire. So determined was the President that he had told Roland Buerk of the BBC in an interview published on February 21, 2007, “I don't want to pass this problem on to the next generation.”3 Though the final phase of open war4 began on January 16, 2008, following the January 2 unilateral withdrawal of the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) from the Norway-brokered * Ajit Kumar Singh, Research Fellow, Institute for Conflict Management 1 Things to Come (The film story), Part III, adapted from his 1933 novel The Shape of Things to Come, spoken by the character John Cabal. 2 The civil war in Sri Lanka can be divided into four phases: Eelam War I between 1983 and 1987, Eelam War II between 1990-1994, Eelam War III between 1995-2001, and Eelam War IV between 2006-2009. See Muttukrishna Sarvananthaa in “Economy of the Conflict Region in Sri Lanka: From Embargo to Repression”, Policy Studies 44, East-West Centre, http://www.eastwestcenter.org/fileadmin/stored/pdfs/ps044.pdf. 3 “No end in sight to Sri Lanka conflict”, February 21, 2007, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6382787.stm. 4 Amantha Perera, “Sri Lanka: Open War”, South Asia Intelligence Review, Volume 6, No.28, http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/sair/Archives/6_28.htm#assessment1. -
2017.12.08 (257-17) Final No Crops.Pub
257 වන කා ඩය - 17 වන කලාපය 20 17 ෙදසැHබ 08වන .5රාදා ெதாAதி 257 --- இல. 17 2017 Jச{ப} 080808 , ெவளிpகிழைம th Volume 257 - No. 17 Fri day, 08 December, 2017 (හැනසා) பாராfமyற விவாதqக (ஹyசாu) PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES (HANSARD) அதிகார அறிpைக OFFICIAL REPORT (අෙශLMත $ටපත / பிைழ தி^wதzபடாதP /Uncorrected) අVතගත )ධාන ක රජෙ[ QH $@බඳ කාරක සභාෙ වාතාව සජන පන ෙකOHපත , 2018 – [. !VවැW ෙවV කළ ආංක අN2ෂණ කාරක සභා වාතා >නය ] : )ශ්නවලට වාක $@! [ෂ 101, 201(8:ධ ශාසන) ; ෂ 108 , 202 , 308 ෙපM:ග කව දැYH ?ෙමV ඇ1 )ශ්නය: (තැපැ , තැපැ ෙසJවා, Kස් H ආගIක කට^! ) ; ග ම7Vද රාජප2ෂ මැ!මාට ෙශJෂ ආර2ෂාව ෂ 159 , 203 (සංචාරක සංවධන හා 9ස්යාW සැප]ම ආගIක කට^!); ෂය 167 (ෙශJෂ කායභාර $වන යදම පාලනය සඳහා රජය ෙගන ඇ 9යා මාග : $@බඳ); ෂය 194 (@ සංෙ:ශ හා _#ට යMතල පහ0කH); ෂය 196 (දaා, තා2ෂණ හා ග අVාමාතa!මාෙP )කාශය පෙ[ෂණ) ] - කාරක සභාෙ? සලකා බලන ල?. ෙපM:ග ක මV&VෙP පන ෙකOHප: 8ෙමLපාය සංවධන වaාපෘ පනත: ෙමLහV ලංකා පදනම (සංස්ථාගත 3ෙH) - [ග නාම ෙයLජනා රාජප2ෂ මහතා ] - පළK වන වර 3යවන ල? ආ\ෂා අධaාපන භාරය (සංස්ථාගත 3ෙH) - [ග ෙ2. කාද මස්තාV මහතා ] - පළK වන වර 3යවන ල? பிரதான உளடpக{ அரசாqகp கணpAக ப~றிய Ahவிy அறிpைக ஆயிஷா கவி ந{பிpைகz ெபா`zW (BuJைணwத) - [மாvWமிA கா. -
Sri Lanka: Tamil Politics and the Quest for a Political Solution
SRI LANKA: TAMIL POLITICS AND THE QUEST FOR A POLITICAL SOLUTION Asia Report N°239 – 20 November 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................. i I. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 1 II. TAMIL GRIEVANCES AND THE FAILURE OF POLITICAL RESPONSES ........ 2 A. CONTINUING GRIEVANCES ........................................................................................................... 2 B. NATION, HOMELAND, SEPARATISM ............................................................................................. 3 C. THE THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT AND AFTER ................................................................................ 4 D. LOWERING THE BAR .................................................................................................................... 5 III. POST-WAR TAMIL POLITICS UNDER TNA LEADERSHIP ................................. 6 A. RESURRECTING THE DEMOCRATIC TRADITION IN TAMIL POLITICS .............................................. 6 1. The TNA ..................................................................................................................................... 6 2. Pro-government Tamil parties ..................................................................................................... 8 B. TNA’S MODERATE APPROACH: YET TO BEAR FRUIT .................................................................. 8 1. Patience and compromise in negotiations -
Ranil Wickremesinghe Address the Problems of the Tamil Underwent Dur- People
Tuesday 12th January, 2010 7 by Jehan Perera to put forward its own Tamil can- Tamil people to boycott the This was to take the decision to Tamil diaspora are espousing the that the President reportedly took didate to contest the elections. Presidential elections that pitted endorse one of the two leading ideals of a transnational Tamil their concerns lightly and not with he decision of the Tamil The other option was to boycott the then Prime Minister Mahinda presidential candidates, either government, and have been con- the seriousness that they expected. National Alliance to endorse the elections entirely. The problem Rajapaksa against the former incumbent President Mahinda ducting elections of their own in The problems that the Tamil peo- Tone of the two leading candi- was that both these options have Prime Minister Ranil Rajapaksa or his main challenger the countries where they are cur- ple have been experiencing in the dates with a real chance of win- been tried before but without Wickremesinghe. There is no former Army Commander General rently domiciled, there are other past few years have been very ning the forthcoming presidential yielding benefits to the Tamil peo- doubt that the current TNA leader- Sarath Fonseka. In making this sections of the Tamil diaspora that weighty ones, ranging from thou- election has a significance that ple. The past experience of put- ship was intimidated into going choice the alliance has not only are willing to give the political sands of missing persons to tens of goes beyond those elections. The ting forward a Tamil presidential along for fear of LTTE reprisals. -
Minutes of Parliament Present
(Eighth Parliament - First Session) No. 134. ] MINUTES OF PARLIAMENT Tuesday, December 06, 2016 at 9.30 a. m. PRESENT : Hon. Karu Jayasuriya, Speaker Hon. Thilanga Sumathipala, Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees Hon. Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prime Minister and Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs Hon. (Mrs.) Thalatha Atukorale, Minister of Foreign Employment Hon. Wajira Abeywardana, Minister of Home Affairs Hon. John Amaratunga, Minister of Tourism Development and Christian Religious Affairs and Minister of Lands Hon. Mahinda Amaraweera, Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Hon. (Dr.) Sarath Amunugama, Minister of Special Assignment Hon. Gayantha Karunatileka, Minister of Parliamentary Reforms and Mass Media and Chief Government Whip Hon. Ravi Karunanayake, Minister of Finance Hon. Akila Viraj Kariyawasam, Minister of Education Hon. Lakshman Kiriella, Minister of Higher Education and Highways and Leader of the House of Parliament Hon. Mano Ganesan, Minister of National Co-existence, Dialogue and Official Languages Hon. Daya Gamage, Minister of Primary Industries Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Minister of Sports Hon. Nimal Siripala de Silva, Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation Hon. Palany Thigambaram, Minister of Hill Country New Villages, Infrastructure and Community Development Hon. Duminda Dissanayake, Minister of Agriculture Hon. Navin Dissanayake, Minister of Plantation Industries Hon. S. B. Dissanayake, Minister of Social Empowerment and Welfare ( 2 ) M. No. 134 Hon. S. B. Nawinne, Minister of Internal Affairs, Wayamba Development and Cultural Affairs Hon. Gamini Jayawickrama Perera, Minister of Sustainable Development and Wildlife Hon. Harin Fernando, Minister of Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure Hon. A. D. Susil Premajayantha, Minister of Science, Technology and Research Hon. Sajith Premadasa, Minister of Housing and Construction Hon. -
Minutes of Parliament Present
(Ninth Parliament - First Session) No. 73.] MINUTES OF PARLIAMENT Tuesday, May 04, 2021 at 10.00 a.m. PRESENT : Hon. Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana, Speaker Hon. Ranjith Siyambalapitiya, Deputy Speaker and the Chair of Committees Hon. Angajan Ramanathan, Deputy Chairperson of Committees Hon. Mahinda Rajapaksa, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious & Cultural Affairs and Minister of Urban Development & Housing Hon. Rohitha Abegunawardhana, Minister of Ports & Shipping Hon. Mahinda Amaraweera, Minister of Environment Hon. Udaya Gammanpila, Minister of Energy Hon. Dinesh Gunawardena, Minister of Foreign and Leader of the House of Parliament Hon. (Dr.) Bandula Gunawardana, Minister of Trade Hon. S. M. Chandrasena, Minister of Lands Hon. Janaka Bandara Thennakoon, Minister of Public Services, Provincial Councils & Local Government Hon. Nimal Siripala de Silva, Minister of Labour Hon. Douglas Devananda, Minister of Fisheries Hon. Vasudeva Nanayakkara, Minister of Water Supply Hon. (Dr.) Ramesh Pathirana, Minister of Plantation Hon. (Prof.) G. L. Peiris, Minister of Education Hon. Johnston Fernando, Minister of Highways and Chief Government Whip Hon. Prasanna Ranatunga, Minister of Tourism Hon. Keheliya Rambukwella, Minister of Mass Media Hon. Chamal Rajapaksa, Minister of Irrigation and State Minister of National Security & Disaster Management and State Minister of Home Affairs Hon. Namal Rajapaksa, Minister of Youth & Sports Hon. Gamini Lokuge, Minister of Transport Hon. (Mrs.) Pavithradevi Wanniarachchi, Minister of Health Hon. (Dr.) Sarath Weerasekera, Minister of Public Security Hon. M .U. M. Ali Sabry, Minister of Justice ( 2 ) M. No. 73 Hon. (Dr.) (Mrs.) Seetha Arambepola, State Minister of Skills Development, Vocational Education, Research and Innovation Hon. Lasantha Alagiyawanna, State Minister of Co-operative Services, Marketing Development and Consumer Protection Hon. -
Columbia University
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK I NSTITUTE FOR THE S TUDY OF H UMAN R IGHTS Sri Lanka Peace-building Program PROGRAM ON PEACE-BUILDING AND RIGHTS Executive Summary Columbia University’s Peace-building and Rights Program seeks to advance post-conflict peace- building in Sri Lanka through (i) dialogue, (ii) education, and (iii) capacity building. Its overall goal is to help Sri Lanka realize its potential by helping address recent and root causes of conflict. Following is a comprehensive review of activities since the inception of Columbia’s activities in Sri Lanka. Needs Assessment David L. Phillips, Director of the Program on Peace-building and Rights at the Institute for the Study of Human Rights (ISHR), visited Sri Lanka, including Jaffna, to assess conditions and conduct field research on attitudes and issues of importance to Sri Lankans, including Tamils. Phillips met with Sri Lankan, U.S., Norwegian and Indian government officials as well as leading Sri Lankan NGOs and academics from the University of Jaffna (March 14 – 19, 2011). Curriculum Development Danielle Goldberg, Program Coordinator of the Program on Peace-Building and Rights at ISHR and Phillips drafted a Curriculum Fostering Social Harmony among University Students in Sri Lanka. The curriculum provides a comprehensive course incorporating theoretical and practical lessons on interpersonal interaction and intergroup understanding. Working with Sri Lanka’s Minister for Higher Education S.B. Dissanayake and U.S. Embassy/Colombo, the curriculum was vetted during a series of meetings in Sri Lanka with Ministry of Higher Education and University Grant Commission officials, student counselors and professors from throughout Sri Lanka, university students and civil society (April 3 – 6, 2011). -
Sri Lanka and the Urgent Need for Accountability Niran Anketell April
Sri Lanka and the Urgent Need for Accountability Niran Anketell April 2012 Commentators have argued that international pressure on war crimes issues in Sri Lanka is counterproductive because it alienates the majority community and strengthens the hand of a recalcitrant regime. This paper responds to these claims by arguing that the pursuit of accountability, including through international mechanisms, is morally and legally necessary, but also strategically the best available choice for those concerned with human rights and democratic reform in Sri Lanka. The passage of a Resolution entitled ‘Promoting Reconciliation and Accountability in Sri Lanka’ at the 19 th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) was received with a mixture of nationalistic bluster and discomfiture by the Sri Lankan government. The more sophisticated responses from government quarters asserted that international efforts to pressure the government on accountability for war crimes impedes the quest for genuine national reconciliation and a political solution to the ethnic problem. Similarly, Asanga Welikala – a constitutional lawyer and advocate of constitutional reform – has repeatedly argued elsewhere that international pressure on accountability ‘unintentionally creates the space for the regime to burnish its anti- terrorism, anti-western and patriotic credentials, and thereby shield itself from democratic scrutiny and normal politics.’ 1 He contends that Tamil parties and civil society groups are better off ‘drawing the line at international intervention as well as immediate criminal accountability.’ 2 In this paper, I argue that the pursuit of accountability for war crimes committed in Sri Lanka by Tamil political parties and civil society, including at relevant international fora, is legally and morally necessary, but also strategically the best available choice for furthering the human rights and democracy agenda in Sri Lanka.