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S. B. Dissanayake says the government will not allow CBK to dissolve Parliament
Frederica Jansz in Colombo,
9.30 a.m. SLT Monday February 3.
Samurdhi and Agricultural Affairs Minister S. B. Dissanayake yesterday said
the government would not allow President Chandrika Kumaratunge to dissolve
parliament.
Dissanayake charged that despite Kumaratunge's threat of dissolving
parliament and holding a snap election, the UNF government would ensure she
does not do it.
He added, that even if Kumaratunge does go ahead and use her executive
powers to call for another election the UNF were more than prepared to face
another snap ballot.
Published: Sun Feb 2 22:34:48 EST 2003
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ASK DR. SWAMY!
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Dr. Subramanian Swamy
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ANSWERS 1-24 NOW AVAILABLE
[HERE]
The Lanka Academic is delighted to announce its next guest in its
series of Q & A sessions: Dr. Subramanian Swamy, President,
Janata Party, India. We are indeed gratified by his appearence at The
Lanka Academic to answer questions from our readers.
We hope our readers would avail themselves of this opportunity to
educate themselves on the Indian perspective on the on-going peace
process and the other developments in all spheres of politics
with respect to India and Sri Lanka.
Submit your questions for Dr. Swamy and view his answers here. As usual, we will forward your questions to him
in batches and will post the answers as they arrive.
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LTTE behind SLMM Chiefs removal/departure.
Bandula Jayasekara in Colombo,
SLT 7.15 a.m Monday 3 February.
LTTE is behind SLMM chief Major General Trond Furuhovede's sudden
removal/departure even though the Norwegians announced that the respected
General decided to take a break from his duties and remain as an advisor to
the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission. A discussion, which took place between the
Secretary of the LTTE Peace Secretariat, Pulithevan and Eilamparadi LTTE
political in -charge of Jaffna, and intercepted by other groups reveal that
the LTTE is behind the sudden removal/departure of General Furuhovede. On the 25th of
January when Eilamparadi made a complaint to Pulithevan that SLMM' s Jaffna
leader Ole Broenbum was not co-operating with the LTTE, Pulithevan told him
" We changed the head so after this situation would change and if not we
would change him too. This is not a problem for us if we could change the
head." What Pulithevan meant was that the stand of the Sri Lanka Monitoring
Mission would change since the removal/departure of General Furuhovede. SLMM
head in Jaffna earned the wrath of Eilamparadi when Ole said it was not his
responsibility to provide the brigade maps to the LTTE and the LTTE should
collect them from the Army or through their people. The Government Agent has
told Eilamparadi that the re-settlement in the High Security Zones (HSZ)
would be done according to the Brigade maps and not according to the
government maps. In addition Ole has refused to accede to the request of
Eilamparadi to intervene in obtaining the release of one Papa's van taken in
to custody by the Police in Kottikamam. A defence analyst told The Lanka
Academic that the government must find out if the respected Norwegian
General was not allowed to do his job in an impartial manner by the LTTE and
if he was really tired of the job and wanted to take a break. He added that the LTTE was not helping the
peace process with this type of loose talk, which easily could be
intercepted by other groups.
Published: Sun Feb 2 20:14:04 EST 2003
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Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapakse to visit India
Frederica Jansz in Colombo,
9 a.m. SLT Monday February 3.
Opposition Leader, Mahinda Rajapakse, will brief Indian leaders on Sri
Lanka's peace process and political situation when he makes an official
visit to India this week.
Rajapakse's visit will coincide with the Sri Lankan government's fifth
round of negotiations with the LTTE in Berlin this week which will be
conducted for two days on February 7 and 8.
Published: Sun Feb 2 22:34:48 EST 2003
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