Statement Issued by Hon. Karu Jayasuriya, Deputy Leader of the United National Party
Threat of the proposal to convert Colombo Municipal Council to a Corporation
2010-09-25
Presently, Urban Development Authority functions under the Ministry of Defence. The Minister in charge of Urban Development has to wait until something comes his way. Although there is a Minister in Charge of Judiciary, Attorney General, Department of Judicial Reforms and Legal Draftsman, function under the President. Action is being taken by the Government to convert the Colombo Municipal Council into a Corporation.
The Government which adopts a policy to suit its political agenda, keeps mum about the media report on this subject.
AG to save Minister S.M. Chandrasena by throwing away the case on the Mavilaru financial fraud
2010-09-25
The Attorney General's (AG) Department, which under the purview of the President, is trying to throw away the financial fraud case on the Mavilaru funds in order to help the President's close friend deputy minister S.M. Chandrasena, sources from the AG's Department said.
Not opposing Emergency Regulations is not a betrayal of the party – MP Joseph Michael Perera
2010-09-25
UNP MP Joseph Michael Perera told Neth FM on Friday (24) morning that although the UNP parliamentary group had arrived at a common decision to oppose the Emergency Regulations in parliament, it was not a definite decision.
Immediately resolve party crisis - Minister Susil asks UNP MP Sujeewa
2010-09-25
Minister Susil Premajayantha had recently asked UNP MP Sujeewa Senasinghe to immediately take steps to resolve the party crisis and strengthen the opposition. He had made this statement at a ceremony held in Kaduwela recently.
The minister had emphasized the importance of strengthening the UNP for the sake of democracy in the country and had said the failure to do so would have an adverse impact on the country's democracy.
Fonseka goes to Appeal Court against first court martial verdict
2010-09-25
Former Army Commander and DNA MP Sarath Fonseka on the 23rd filed a writ application before the Appeal Court calling for the annulment of the first court martial verdict against him that was authorized by the President. The first court martial ordered that Fonseka be dishonorably discharged and to strip him off his ranks.
The first court martial found Fonseka guilty on three charges and issued its verdict on August 12.
Anarkali withdraws case against Duminda after Namal pleads with her
2010-09-25
Popular actress and Southern Provincial Councilor Anarkaliarsha has agreed to withdraw the case filed by her against UPFA MP Duminda Silva following several requests made by MP Namal Rajapaksa.
UNP Gampaha district parliamentarian Upeksha Swaranamali, better known as Pabha, is currently in New York as a member of the 130 member Sri Lankan delegation attending the UN General Assembly. However, on the 23rd Sri Lankans in New York had seen Pabha engaged in a shopping spree in Manhattan's famous 42nd Street while the General Assembly was ongoing.
“He will take over after me” - President introduces Namal to the Iranian President
2010-09-25
The President it is learnt has introduced his eldest son Namal Rajapaksa to the Iranian President in New York recently saying, “He will take over after me.”
Rupavahini revenue drops from Rs. 137 million in 2996 to Rs. 4.7 million in 2009
2010-09-24
The Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation that recorded a Rs. 137 million profit in 2006 has seen a decline in its profits by recording Rs. 4.7 million in 2009, sources from COPE said.
Orders to re-instate the Dinamina deputy editor who assaulted a journalist after consuming liquor
2010-09-24
Dinamina deputy editor Hemantha Depp was appointed to the post due to political influence and was later suspended from duties after he assualted Dinamina journalist Ranjith Padmasiri after consuming liqour during offcie hours. However, Lake House sources say that a senior official at the Presidential Media Unit has now ordered that Depp be re-instateed in his post.
The Commission to Investigate into Allegations of Bribery and Corruption is currenlty investigating into an allleged farud amouting to Rs. 31 million commited when claiming insurance monies for the Sayuri ship that was destroyed druing the tsunami in 2004.
Only fifteen of nearly four hundred persons, most of them women, were allowed to witness before Sri Lanka’s Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) in Mullaiththeevu Government Secretariat Monday while the others were driven away, sources in Mullaiththeevu said. The women had come with the hope of getting information about their husbands, sons and daughters who had disappeared without trace after surrendering themselves to Sri Lanka Army (SLA) in the final days of the war on Vanni. Denied of the opportunity to witness before the Commission and from futile attempts in the past they said they had no faith in the Commission calling it a hoax staged by Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa to deceive them and the world.
Wijedasa to attend rally against Fonseka's court martial decision in Milano
2010-09-23
The UNP has decided to organize a series of protest rallies overseas with the participation of Sri Lankan expatriates against the second court martial decision on former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka and as the first step towards the move, the UNP has decided to send UNP parliamentarian and President's Counsel Wijedasa Rajapakse to participate in the protest scheduled to be held in Milano on the 26th.
President meets German Chancellor in New York after failing to meet her in Germany
2010-09-23
President Mahinda Rajapaksa's attempts to meet German Chancellor Angela Markell during his visit to Germany en route to New York to attend the 65th UN General Assembly failed.
Dematagoda Kamal also killed “in a similar manner” after taking into custody
2010-09-23
Underworld leader Kamal Dammalarachchi alias Dematagoda Kamal was arrested by a special unit in the Hangurella Police on the 20th and was shot dead yesterday (22) when he allegedly tried to escape from police custody by throwing a bomb when they had gone to uncover a stash of weapons. Ironically, every underworld member who has been shot dead by the police have all tried to escape from police custody while showing a stash of weapons.
The new administration of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation has reportedly made 79 political appointments in an illegal manner. Persons who have retired have also been recruited under the latest lot of recruitments.
King Mahendra has 130 delegates but only three passes by the UN to attend the UNGA
2010-09-22
Sri Lanka's recently appointed King Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa is attending the UN General Assembly with 130 delegates to represent the tiny island of 19 million inhabitants.
The taxpayers in the island are thought to be paying over 165 million rupees for the jumbo delegation.
Rally Against War Crimes in Sri Lanka: Tamil Americans to hold protest in front of the UN in
New York - September 22, 11am to 3pm
2010-09-22
Hundreds of Tamil Americans and Tamil Canadians will hold an awareness rally in front of the United
Nations in New York this Wednesday calling for prompt international investigations of the war crimes
committed in Sri Lanka, and protesting the visit to the UN by the Sri Lankan president who is responsible
for the Tamil Genocide.
Attempt to bring Anoma to parliament if Fonseka loses his seat
2010-09-21
The DNA leaders have discussed the possibility of bringing Anoma Fonseka to parliament in the event Sarath Fonseka loses his parliamentary seat. Lanka News Web learns. If the President approves the recommendation of the second court martial and gives him a prison term, Fonseka may stand to lose his parliamentary seat.
However, DNA MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake told the media on the 19th that the prison term given by the court martial would not result in Fonseka losing his parliamentary seat.
Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court recently heard arguments, for and against, one of most crucial constitutional amendments affecting the decades-long democracy in the country.
The court martial is a piece of law that has been implemented to victimize me
– Sarath Fonseka
2010-09-21
Giving evidence before the second court martial Sarath Fonseka has said that he never expected any kind of justice from a court martial initiated for vengeance against him by his political opponents.
Following is the statement made by Fonseka to the second court martial.
Tamils plan to haunt Sri Lanka President in front of the UN
2010-09-21
A helicopter will fly over the New York skyline carrying a huge banner reminding the war crimes and genocide committed by Rajapakse regime when the President arrives at the UN on Wednesday, 22 September 2010.
A group of asylum seekers were protesting on the roof of the detention center where they were being held Tuesday, saying they were scared of being returned to their home countries and upset over the death of a fellow detainee who was about to be deported.
Statement by Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young
We Need To Fix Immigration Detention Now
2010-09-21
It's time to accept that the current system of detention of asylum-seekers is not working, and that as a compassionate country we need to find a new approach, according to Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young.
Senator Hanson-Young, Greens spokesperson on Immigration, says that the Greens want to bring experts together to rethink Australia's system of immigration detention. Her call comes as the Australian of the Year, Patrick McGorry, has called for a total overhaul of the Government's asylum-seeker policy.
