Sri Lanka's Leader of the Opposition A. Amirthalingam, M.P. Analyses the New Constitution |
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... Consti- tution , providing for the creation of the post of an Executive President was moved , I had occasion to place before this House the stand of the T.U.L.F. and the Tamil nation to that amendment . I said on that occasion , that we ...
... Consti- tution , providing for the creation of the post of an Executive President was moved , I had occasion to place before this House the stand of the T.U.L.F. and the Tamil nation to that amendment . I said on that occasion , that we ...
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... Consti- tution by a legislature that was so Sinhalese weighted . The Constitution has given everything to the Sinhalese and has given nothing to the Tamils . The Sinhala Only Act has been so strengthened that it requires a two - thirds ...
... Consti- tution by a legislature that was so Sinhalese weighted . The Constitution has given everything to the Sinhalese and has given nothing to the Tamils . The Sinhala Only Act has been so strengthened that it requires a two - thirds ...
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... consti- tution drafted under conditions of emergency without opportunities for free discussion by a constituent assembly elected on the basis of the Soulbury . Constitution distorted by the Citizenship laws resulting in weightage in ...
... consti- tution drafted under conditions of emergency without opportunities for free discussion by a constituent assembly elected on the basis of the Soulbury . Constitution distorted by the Citizenship laws resulting in weightage in ...
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