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APRC to present proposals soon

COLOMBO: All Party Representative Committee (APRC) will shortly present its proposals on power devolution and try to facilitate resolution of the ethnic conflict, Committee Chairman Minister Tissa Vitharana said.

Vitharana said the Committee will try to reach consensuses among different points of view expressed by representatives from different political parties.

"In the next meeting we will explore possibilities of reaching a consensus among different views expressed," Minister Vitharana said. The Minister said he was hopeful the main opposition UNP will be present in the meetings that will follow.

"The UNP said they need time to study the interim reports and the discussions that took place upto now, and we are hopeful that the party will send their representatives to the APRC form next year," the Minister said.

Meanwhile Media Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa in a media release said it was sad to note that the experts panel could not agree on one set of proposals and had instead forwarded four set of proposals.

He said the proposals too reflect the different views on the North-East issue in Sri Lankan society.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa early this year appointed a multi- ethnic body of legal luminaries and Constitutional experts to facilitate a home-grown solution to the ethnic crisis. The APRC and the Panel of Experts were said to offer some guideline but was given a free hand in arriving at its own proposals.

 

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