Category: Politics
We won’t dissolve parliament without enacting 20th amendment: Rajitha Senaratne
June 25, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s cabinet spokesman Rajitha Senaratne said the government will not be dissolved without first enacting the 20th amendment to the constitution which includes election reforms.“Everyone supported in removing presidential powers,” Senaratne said. “But they have a problem when something is affecting their powers,” “Even I will be affected. But […]
Sri Lanka’s Finance Minister demands Rs2bn from Bandula; sends letter of demand
June 25, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake has sent a letter of demand to Parliamentarian Bandula Gunawardena demanding two billion rupees as defamation charges.Gunawardena who has participated in a debate on a local TV channel has said that three million US dollars has come from Raj Rajaratnam of USA to Karunanayake’s […]
Sri Lanka spent Rs1.3bn to conduct elections last year
June 24, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s elections department has spent over 1,280 million rupees to conduct elections last year, data from the 2014 performance appraisal report of the Elections Commissioner showed.986.84 million rupees has been spent to hold Western and Southern PC Elections while 293.87 million rupees has been spent to conduct elections for […]
UNP insists that opposition withdraws no confidence motions ahead of 20A
June 24, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s ruling United National Party on Tuesday urged the opposition to withdraw no confidence motions brought against Prime Minister and Finance Minister.“We are insisting them to withdraw no confidence motions before presenting the 20th amendment in Parliament,” UNP General Secretary Kabir Hashim told Parliament. Referring to election reforms, Hashim reiterated the need to […]
Sri Lanka’s PAFFREL in signature campaign pushing political parties for proper nominations
June 23, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s election watchdog PAFFREL has organized an island wide campaign to collect one million signatures from the masses in support of the ’12th March Movement’.The programme will be launched on Thursday morning from Independence Square, Colombo amidst the blessings of all religious leaders in order to achieve two fundamental […]
Sri Lanka’s 20th amendment, a conspiracy against JVP
June 22, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Marxist JVP on Monday said there is a conspiracy against the JVP to block its representation in the Parliament through the newly proposed election reforms.Speaking at a media briefing General Secretary of the party Tilvin Silva told reporters that corrupted Parliamentarians has the intention of blocking the socialist […]
Foreign Minister meets Japan Sri Lanka Parliamentary League
June 19, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister on Friday has participated a breakfast reception hosted by the President and members of Japan – Sri Lanka Parliamentary League, the Foreign Ministry said.President of Japan – Sri Lanka Parliamentary League Masahiko Komura, the Vice President of the ruling party, Secretary General Yuko Obuchi and many […]
‘t get nomination: Rajitha Senaratne
June 18, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s President would not allow the comeback of former President Mahinda Rajapakse, and the party will not give nomination to him in the forthcoming general election, Cabinet spokesmen Rajitha Senaratne told reporters today in Colombo.“The six member committee of the SLFP met the President last evening and asked whether […]
‘s marxist JVP protest against government
June 18, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna on Thursday evening held a protest march urging the government to fulfill its promises by honoring the mandate.Appointing independent commissions, passing the right to information act, ethics code for Parliamentarians, establishing the national audit commission were among slogans displayed at the protest. The protest […]
Ravi challenges MR again, asks for debate
June 18, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake challenged former Finance Minister and President Mahinda Rajapakse again to come for a debate on the national economy and financial policies.“I challenged former President Mahinda Rajapakse to debate to talk about the economy and what they did to the country at a public forum […]
Sri Lanka’s Parliament to debate no confidence motion against Finance Minister on July 06
June 16, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Parliament is to debate no confidence motion against Finance Minister on July 06, Leader of Mahajana Eksath Peramuna, Dinesh Gunawardena told LBO. The decision has been taken at a party leaders meeting held today. “We opposed the date because the debate will get delayed for another month.They had […]
Sri Lanka Freedom Party appoints committee to cooperate with Mahinda Rajapaksa
June 16, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Freedom Party on Tuesday appointed a six member committee to cooperate with former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, General Secretary of SLFP Anura Priyadarshana Yapa told LBO. The six member committee led by John Seneviratne also includes Dilan Perera, T.B. Ekanayake and Kumara Welgama. Anura Priyadarshana Yapa and Susil Premajayantha […]