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13th amendment needs to be strengthened – Ven. Samitha Thero |
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2009-07-18 | 3.30 PM |
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Member, Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) and former parliamentarian, Ven. Baddegama Samitha Thero has said that while the LSSP and the Communist Party supported the 13th amendment to the Constitution introduced by President J.R. Jayewardene, the SLFP boycotted the first provincial council election and the JVP unleashed a period of terror against the amendment.
Ven. Samitha Thero made this comment during a discussion with several media personnel recently. |
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The Thero had also said that the government should be forced to bring out a permanent solution to the ethnic issue by further strengthening the provincial council system that has so far been protected by sacrifices made by LSSP and Communist Party members.
According to Ven. Samitha Thero, since the country is now facing a decisive moment following the end of the war, the government should act to provide the displaced people in the north with the economic, education and social development benefits enjoyed by the rest of the country.
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