No legal basis for demanding dissolution of Parliament -
Minister Maithripala Sirisena
There will be no room for a General Election
until 2010, said the Secretory General of the Sri Lanka Freedom
Party Maithripala Sirisena yesterday. "The Getambe Declaration of
the United National Party has urged the Government to dissolve
Parliament elected in 2004. There is no reason or legal basis
whatsoever to demand the dissolution of Parliament until the next
Election scheduled to be held in 2010," Minister Sirisena said.
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Credibility and good faith essential for sustainable ceasefire -
Prof. G. L. Peiris
The experience in Sri Lanka indicates that there
are several circumstances which must exist before a ceasefire or
cessation of hostilities can be sustainable, Professor G. L. Peiris,
Minister of Export Development and International Trade, said at a
meeting with Malloch Brown, Minister of State for Foreign and
Commonwealth Affairs in London. One of the essential requirements is
credibility and good faith, the Minister pointed out.
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