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Constitutional
Council replaced:
Parliament Council mooted
The
Constitutional Council (CC)
introduced under the 17th Amendment
to the Constitution is to be
replaced by a five member
Parliamentary Council (PC),
according to the amendments
envisaged. The five members include
the Speaker, the Prime Minister, the
Opposition Leader, a nominee MP of
the Premier and a nominee MP of the
Opposition Leader.
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Constitutional
Amendments:
SC decision today
The Supreme
Court will communicate its decision
regarding the Constitutional changes
to the President and Speaker today,
September 1, 2010. The Bench
comprising Justice Dr. Shirani A.
Bandaranayake (President), Justice
K. Sripavan, Justice P. A. Ratnayake
PC, Justice S. I. Imam and Justice
Suresh Chandra directed Attorney
General President’s Counsel Mohan
Pieris and the other Counsel who
appeared for several other parties
to submit their written submissions
before 10 a.m. today,
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SLFP 59th anniversary when party
at its strongest
The Sri Lanka
Freedom Party(SLFP) would mark its
59th anniversary on September 2 with
the main ceremony held at Temple
Trees under the patronage of
President Mahinda Rajapaksa, SLFP
General Secretary Health Minister
Maithripala Sirisena said yesterday.
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Kandy Mayor dismissed
The post of
Mayor of the Kandy Municipal Council
fell vacant yesterday with the
decision taken by Central Province
Chief Minister Sarath Ekanayake to
dismiss former Mayor LB Aluvihare
from the post. The Chief Minister
issued a Gazette Notification giving
effect to the expulsion.
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Walallawita Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Udeni Atukorala was arrested by Bribery Commission officials for allegedly soliciting a Rs 1.5 million bribe from the Bentara Paradeshiya Sabha chairman. It is reported that he had accepted the bribe to provide a permit to transport soil. 
