Sumanthiran’s ‘useless’ description of 13-A rocks country

TNA MP M A Sumanthiran’s description of the 13th Amendment “as meaningless and something which had been continuously rejected by his party,” has taken the country by storm. “The 13th Amendment to the Constitution is something that we had rejected right through as being meaningless,” he told Parliament during the recent Budget debate.

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'Repeal harmful clauses in 13th Amendment'

The Provincial Councils set up under the provisions of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution has rendered a vital service towards the people during the last 23 years. Therefore what ought to be done is to examine the clauses of the 13th Amendment and repeal the clauses harmful to the country and strengthen them rather than abolish the Amendment as a whole states Western Provincial Council member M H M Amjad in a statement issued yesterday.

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