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Global Sri Lankans Highlight the danger of Federalist New Constitution Proposals

The controversial Committee of “Centre-Periphery Relations”, headed by a former Tamil terrorist leader who was  appointed by the Federal mind set Prime Minister, Ranil Wickramasinghe, to propose suggestions to the new Constitution has published their report recently

The core Federal features of the proposal made by the Committee are as follows;

  1. The powers of the Governor to be a real representative of the Centre to be reduced to make him a nominal head of the Provincial council system,
  2. The Provincial public service to be brought under the Provincial Public Service Commission,
  3. The concurrent list which is in the present constitution to be abolished as an impediment to the spirit of devolution,
  4. The Provincial Police to be under an independent Provincial Police Commission,
  5. All state lands in the Provinces to be administered by the Provincial Council.

Global Sri Lankan Forum, GSLF has issued a Media Release highlighting the danger of proposal which is leading to a separatism in Sri Lanka to form a Federalism.

The full text of the Media Release issued by GSLF, is as follows;

Constitutional Proposals - Nov 2016-1



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