Plot to assassinate President
Media Centre for National Security Director
General Lakshman Hulugalle said a plot to assassinate President
Mahinda Rajapaksa, his family members and the Government’s top
officials by Sarath Fonseka has been uncovered.
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President tells Editors and Media bosses:
Do not allow communalism to raise its head again
Do not use the media to promote chauvinism,
provoke communal tensions and create an environment in which riots
could occur again, said President Mahinda Rajapaksa addressing
Editors and Heads of media institutions at Temple Trees yesterday
evening.
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Government to woo Opposition voters
The Presidential election once again proved there
was vibrant democracy in the country. President Mahinda Rajapaksa
polled nearly 60 percent of the votes while the NDF candidate Sarath
Fonseka polled approximately 40 percent of the vote, SLFP General
Secretary and Agriculture and Mahaweli Development Minister
Maithripala Sirisena said yesterday.
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To change Constitution:
Government aiming for two-thirds
The Government will give a time period around
one week for the Opposition to offer a two thirds majority in
Parliament to change the present Constitution. If they fail to do
so, the Government will dissolve Parliament at the right time and
hold the General Election on schedule to obtain the two thirds
majority, Media Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena said.
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