Archives for July 3, 2018

The students of the Trincomalee Faculty of the Eastern University and their parents organized a protest march in Colombo yesterday (2nd). Among their demands were withdrawing of unjustifiable suspensions imposed due to the arbitrary act of the Dean of the Trincomalee Faculty, solutions for irregularities in the examination system, shortage of lecturers, solutions for the quality of the degree and other academic and welfare issues of students.
Students and their parents marched from Punchi Borella to the University Grants Commission and held an agitation opposite the UGC. Despite students asking for a discussion, their request was not granted. Students agitated for over four hours.

Certain individuals had stated that 113 MPs could be bought over to appoint a President when a President is elected from the parliament. However, according to New York Times revelation, it has surfaced that the former President had got himself sold to China for US$ 7.6 million says the General Secretary of the JVP Tilvin Silva.
One individual having executive powers is very harmful to a country and democracy would be healthy is when power is distributed among several institutions said Mr Tilvin Silva. He said the intention of the 20th amendment is to hand over the executive power that is concentrated in a single individual to Parliament and the cabinet of ministers.
The General Secretary of the JVP made these observations when the JVP launched a leaflet distribution campaign to apprise the public regarding the 20th amendment to the Constitution the JVP has presented to parliament as a private members motion.
The campaign was launched opposite Fort Railway Station yesterday (2nd)
Speaking further the General Secretary of the JVP said, “A dialogue regarding the 20th amendment has surfaced in the country and certain individuals tried to make the ‘20’ a demon even before they had read the draft. They said the amendment would divide the country; the PM would get more power. However, once the amendment has been presented we have been able to prove they had lied. However, they still attempt to deceive the masses. As such, we hope to make the people aware of the amendment. We hope to apprise the masses during this week with our leaflet campaign and various other means, said Mr Tilvin Silva.
The Information Secretary of the JVP Vijitha Herath, Member of the Political Bureau K.D. Lal Kantha, Parliamentarian Sunil Handunneththi and several people’s representatives were present.