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Rare honour for Centenarian
O. T. Engonona living in a hut in Talpe, Galle is 114 years old and happens to be the oldest living person in the country. The Organisation of Professional Associations (OPA) the highest professionals body in the country will honour Engonona for this achievement in life by inviting her as a honoured guest to the inauguration of its annual sessions this year at the BMICH on September 17

Constitutional amendments and the supremacy of Parliament

by D. L. Ubeywarna

The current political dissension in the country postulates an impending threat to the supremacy of parliament again, since the President is empowered by Article 70 (1) (a) of the constitution to dissolve parliament, with alacrity, at any time at the expiry of one year from the date of the last general election.Every time a government not of the political party to which the President belongs gets elected, the supremacy of parliament is at stake. The life of parliament became vulnerable to her decision & she dissolved her own government, not long before, but last year. The dissolution procedure embodied in Article 99 of the 1972 Constitution gave no such authority to the (then) president and it was consistent with the supremacy of parliament.
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