UNP leadership vote today
There was anxiety at Sirikotha when UNP Deputy
Leader Karu Jayasuriya handed over his nomination papers to contest
the position of party leader at the party’s working committee
meeting yesterday, Sirikotha sources told the Daily News. The UNP
Committee will hold a vote today for the position of UNP leader, the
sources said.
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‘Final solution only through PSC’
UPFA Parliamentarian Sajin Vass Gunawardena
yesterday emphasized that any final solution to the Tamil question
will only be through the PSC process. MP Gunawardena who is the
Secretary of the committee appointed to have discussions with the
TNA said there was no deadline agreed to or even discussed as to the
committee proceedings.
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Cooperatives Ministry has made tremendous progress - Minister
Johnston Fernando
After presentation of papers and oral questions,
the House took up the financial heads of Co-operations and Internal
Trade Ministry, Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise
Development Ministry and Industry and Commerce Ministry during the
third reading debate on Appropriation Bill 2012.
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‘Massive development under way’
According to economics, there are four factors
needed for development. They are lands, labour, capital and
technical knowledge. All four could increase, but lands. The
President had paid special attention to lands in the budget. Some
people use lands for a short period and abandon them.
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