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Jeyaraj Fernandopulle) (The Hon. (The Hon. (The Hon. [Interruption] (The Hon.
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Ever since the (The Hon. by some elements in the Government. Unfortunately, this has resulted in scores of people (Mr. objective of attacking selected targets of the Sri Lankan forces. Colombo and QUESTION BY PRIVATE NOTICE Kandy Districts too have begun to receive small numbers of these unfortunate victims of war...
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(The Hon.
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1 Tuesday, 08th August, 2006 அஃ.
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(The Hon. Jeyaraj Femandopulle) (The Hon.
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(Ixxiii) PARLIAMENT THE SPEAKER - The Hon. Lokubandara THE DEPUTY SPEAKER AND CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES - The Hon. Gitanjana Gunawardena THE DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES - The Hon. Satchithanandan PRINCIPAL OFFICIALS SECRETA RY-GENERAL OF PARLIAMENT - Mrs. Wickremasinghe TELEPHONE EXCHANGE SUPERVISOR - Mrs. Pa...
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Jeyaraj Femandopulle) (The Hon. Sir, I rise to a point of Order.
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144,000 per annum or Rs. like the Hon. Minister to examine as to whether there can be some relaxation in regard to that rule. whole. Some of them have paid very dearly with their lives, Sir, for this and I would be very grateful of the Hon. me in regard to what was said about Mr.
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(Ixx) CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE ON HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION The Hon. (Mrs.) Ferial Ismail Ashraff (Chairman), The Hon. Gunaratne Weerakoon, The Hon. Rohitha Bogollagama, The Hon. Mahinda Samarasinghe, The Hon. MahindaY apaA beywardena, The Hon. MahindaA maraweera, The Hon. Felix Perera, The Hon. Jayatissa Ranaweer...
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DEPUTY SPEAKER Adjourned Parliament without Question put.
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(171) Musthaffa, Meera Mohideen Mohamed (National List) [From 29th June, 2004] Musthapha, Faizer(Mahanuwara) N Nanayakkara, Hemakumara Wickramathilaka (Galle) Nanda Thero, Ven. Vino (Vanni) P Pararajasingham, Joseph (National List) [Died, 25th December, 2005] Pathirana, R.P.A. (National List)[Resigned, 19th May, 2004...
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M.T.B. Gajaweera A rachchige TABLE OFFICE - B.A. Jayathilake (Assistant Director- A dministration); H.E. C. Dissanayake (Principal Officers); M.M.M. Mabrook (Deputy Principal Officer); D.D.U.K. Munasinghe, K.P.Chandana (Assistant Principal Officers) BILLS OFFICE - K.G.V.S. Seneviratne (Assistant Director - Adm...
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(The Hon. Question put, and agreed to. (The Hon. Bill reported with Amendment.
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(The Hon. (The Hon. (The Hon. Tokyo (The Hon. (The Hon.
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in those days. Jeyaraj Fernandopulle) Debate to be adjourned. in the past. (The Hon. Rauff Hakeem) (The Hon.
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(Ixi) DEPUTY MINISTER OF TRANSPORT - The Hon. Mahindananda A luthgamage DEPUTY MINISTER OF HIGHWAYS AND DEPUTY MINISTER OF MASS MEDIA AND INFORMATION - The Hon. Cegu Isadean DEPUTY MINISTER OF EDUCATION - The Hon. Siripala Gamlath DEPUTY MINISTER OF RURAL INDUSTRIES AND SELF-EMPLOY MENT PROMOTION - The Hon. Day...
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Athulath Mudali crimes think that they can continue to commit these crimes _ was talking about Mr. Chelvanayakam’s cleanliness in public with impunity, because they know that Govemment or the 1116, saying how he rose as a lawyer building up a substantial investigative apparatus, for reasons best known to them, will _ ...
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Member, please wind up. (The Hon.
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17 ead the First time of 1969 (Amendment) Bill ; Determination of the Supreme | SUB-COMMITTEES Court SELECT COMMITTEE ON ELECTORAL REFORMS Communication from Southern Provincial Council Standing Committee "A"; Additional Memabers PRIVATE MEMBERS BILLS: Parliamentary Party Leaders Committee to supervise matters relating...
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Bill, as amended, accordingly read Third time, and passed.
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Jeyaraj Femandopulle) (The Hon. disarm the Karuna faction. Did the Government agree? Because the Co-Chairs have said so. (The Hon.
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But, you must give me reasonable time to reply. Okay, we will do that, Sir. We can sit ten minutes longer. Then, I mightbe given some time to reply. The Hon.
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Speaker) (The Hon. Nimal Siripala de Silva) Mr: Speaker, I rise to a point of Order. Speaker) (The Hon. Speaker, the relevant portion of the Standing Orders (The Hon. raised at the end of Question time.
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The state media has a responsibility in the best interest (The Presiding Member) , of the nation and it is doing its best. I think. Maheswaran came up with the Mavil - Anu crisis (The Hon. Cegu Issadeen) and various other matters connected to the Mutur attacks. Government, I think has been very fair in dealing with...
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Form within (The Hon. Sampanthan) my own community, I can think of Nimalarajan, who was a Sir, I want to congratulate the Hon. Minister for having Very courageous Journalist in Jaffna and Nadesan in brought this piece of legislation before the House. I think Batticaloa. Then Sivaram, who used to write under the the...
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(10001) DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR (INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND MANAGEMENT) - H.M.C. Amarasinghe SENIOR ASSISTANT COMPUTER PROGRAMMER - D. Panditha SENIOR COMPUTER OPERATOR - Mrs.
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iv) The employees of the CEB and their continuance in service or Sub-paragraph (g) reads as follows : retirement : “to develop a sound, adequate and uniform electricity policy, (1) The properties of the C.E.B and its assets from the and, for that purpose, to control and utilize national power perspective of its duties ...
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Mary (National List)[Resigned, 23rd A pril, 2004] M Madduma Bandara, Rathnayake Mudiyanselage Ranjith (Monaragala) Maheswaran, Thiagarasah (Colombo) Mahroof, Mohamed (Colombo) Majeed, 14.18. Ellawala (National List) Mithrapala, Hewa Ralelage (Kegalle) [From 3rd June, 2004] Mohamed, Mohamed Haniffa (Colombo) Moragoda, ...
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(17111) CHAIRMAN’S PANEL The Hon. Senathirajah, The Hon. Nandana Gunathilake, The Hon. Uduwe Dhammaloka Thero COMMITTEES OF PARLIAMENT COMMITTEE OF SELECTION The Hon. Athaullah, The Hon. (Mrs.) Ferial Ismail Ashraff, The Hon. Dinesh Gunawardena, The Hon. Douglas Devananda, The Hon. Jeyaraj Femandopulle, The Hon...
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Fowzie (Chairman), The Hon. Mahinda Amaraweera, The Hon. Athaullah, The Hon. Douglas Devananda, The Hon. Rohitha Bogollagama, The Hon. Mahinda Samarasinghe, The Hon. Chandrasena, The Hon. The Hon. Felix Perera, The Hon. Hussain A hamed Bhaila, The Hon. Jayarathna Herath, The Hon. VajiraA beywardena, The Hon....
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(114%) CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE ON POWER AND ENERGY The Hon. Senewiratne (Chairman), The Hon. Mahindananda A luthgamage, The Hon. Jayasena, The Hon. Fowzie, The Hon. (Prof.) Tissa Vitharana, The Hon. Felix Perera, The Hon. Risad Badhiutheen, The Hon. Rathnayake, The Hon. (Mrs.) Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi, The H...
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(Ix) MINISTERS NOT IN THE CABINET MINISTER OF FOREIGN EMPLOY MENT PROMOTION - The Hon. Rohitha A beygunawardena MINISTER OF CULTURAL AND NATIONAL HERITAGE - The Hon. Mahinda Yapa A beywardena MINISTER OF NEW RAILROAD DEVELOPMENT - The Hon. Mahinda A maraweera MINISTER OF DISASTER RELIEF SERVICES - The Hon. Ameer A...
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சுசில்‌ பிரேமஜயந்த) (i) me peak down of the student population on the (The Hon, A.D.
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Joseph Michal Perera) (The Hon. Speaker) (The Hon. Rauff Hakeem) (The Hon.
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carried out by the Board. It is in this context that the two bills referred to above that make extensive amendments have to be considered. Certain parts of this Act have been brought into operation by an Order in gazette 1283/1 of 4.7.2003. A scheme for IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DEMOCRATIC reorganization for the e...
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SATCHITHANANDAN] took the Chair.
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allocated for the TNA. Member, I just came to the Chair. A parently, no name has been submitted to the Secretariat. The Hon.
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In that tone, he spoke. So, the Hon. | think that position is not correct. Sampanthan about these things. Government and state media. Minister Anura (The Hon. Cegu Issadean - Deputy Minister of Highways Priyadharshana Yapa and His Excellency the President, the and Deputy Minister of Mass Media and Information) s...
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(10) SELECT COMMITTEES SELECT COMMITTEE TO LOOK INTO THE SERIOUS ESCALATION OF GRAVE CRIME INCLUDING MURDER IN EVERY PART OF SRI LANKA The Hon. Senewiratne (Chairman), The Hon. Athaulla, The Hon. Dew Gunasekera, The Hon. (Prof.) Tissa Vitharana, The Hon. Cegu Isadean, The Hon. Hussain A hamed Bhaila, The Hon. Ja...
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Laxman of No. Railways Department; and (i) Mr. Rauff Hakeem) wife has not been pait er 11] late? ou, Mr. fe hi ॥ been paid to her up to date? Thank you, Mr.
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(Ixiv) COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ENTERPRISES The Hon. Dinesh Gunawardena, The Hon. Rohitha Bogollagama, The Hon. MahindaA maraweera, The Hon. Gunaratne Weerakoon, The Hon. Sripathi Sooriyaarachchi, The Hon. Mahindananda Aluthgamage, The Hon. Dilan Perera, The Hon. Hussain A hamed Bhaila, The Hon. Mithrapala, The Hon...
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(Ixvi) CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE ON PLAN IMPLEMENTATION The Hon. Hussein Ahamed Bhaila (Chairman), The Hon. Chandrasena, The Hon. Jayatissa Ranaweera, The Hon. Rathnayake, The Hon. (Mrs.) Pavithra Devi Wanniarachchi, The Hon. (Prof.) W.A. Gunaratne Weerakoon, The Hon. Siripala Gamlath, The Hon. Mithrapala, The Ho...
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(Gampaha) Annamalai, Nadesu Sivasakthi (Vanni) Anver Ismail, Mohamed Ismail (National List) Ariyanethran, Pakkiachelvam (National List) [From 18th May, 2004] Ashraff, Mrs.
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Eelaventhan) (The Hon. Shivajilingm) Sir, I rise to a point to Order. The Hon.
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Whereupon MR. SPEAKER left the Chair and THE HON. (The Hon.
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(The Hon. Question put, and agreed to. The Bill stood referred, under Standing Order No. 98] (The Hon.
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(The Hon. Speaker) Question put, and agreed to.
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(11001) CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE ON INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND FISHERIES HOUSING The Hon. A thaullah (Chairman), The Hon. Felix Perera, The Hon. Rohitha A beygunawardena, The Hon. A meerAli, The Hon. Anver Ismail, The Hon. Milroy Fernando, The Hon. Jayatissa Ranaweera, The Hon. (Prof.) W.A. Gunaratne Weerako...
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ANNOUNCEMENTS The Parliament met at 9.30 a.m. SPEAKER [THE HON. LOKUBANDARA] in the Chair.
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The next speaker is The Hon. Speaker will take the Chair. SPEAKER took the Chair.
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(Ixvii) CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE ON POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATION The Hon. Jayaratne (Chairman), The Hon. Rohitha Abeygunawardena, The Hon. Anwer Ismail, The Hon. Felix Perera, The Hon. Milroy Fernando, The Hon. Abdul Majeed, The Hon. Rathnayake, The Hon. Gunaratne Weerakoon, The Hon. MahindanandaA luthgamage, The...
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Guneratne (Acting Assistant Director - Administration); Mrs. Perera, (Deputy Principal Officers); W.A.C.K. M.N.Vithanage (Assistant Principal Officers); Mrs. Subasinghe (Parliamentary Officers); Mrs. Gunasena (Assistant Parliamentary Officer) SUPPLIES AND SERVICES OFFICE - Mrs. Jayawardena (Assistant Director- A ...
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DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRILANKA PRESIDENT HIS EXCELLENCY MAHINDA RAJAPAKSA CABINET PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION - The Hon. Athaullah MINISTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND HOME AFFAIRS - The Hon. (Dr) Sarath Amunugama MINISTER OF HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION - The Hon. (Mrs.) Ferial Is...
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of complaints which were not election related and.
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resented by the Hon.
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Kanagalingam (Jaffna) Silva, Mervyn (National List) [From 30th A pril, 2004] Sumangala Thero, Ven. Kolonnawe Siri (Gampaha)[Resigned, 8th October,2004] Sirisena, Pallewatte Gamaralalage MaithripalaYapa (Polonnaruwa) Sithamparanathan, Mrs. Pathmini (Jaffna) Sivalingam, Muthu (Nuwara Eliya) Sivanesan, Kiddinnan (Jaffna...
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The Hon.
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If so a serious question arises as to the manner in provisions of the former Bill, taken as a whole are inconsistent with which these liabilities are to be retained or transferred to the EUC’s. Article 12(1) of the Constitution and require to be passed with a special There is no provision whatsoever in the Bill in res...
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(The Hon. Nihal Galappaththi on behalf of The Hon.
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Speaker, that right now there are many _political party, we are committed to finding a lasting, durable bodies, over 60, found by the security forces, lying in the and dignified peace that would be acceptable to all Kiranthimunai area. Most of them are Muslims. By thelook communities through negotiations. It is in...
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Akmeemana (Colombo) [From 19th May, 2004] de Silva, Nilenthi Nimal Siripala (Badulla) Devananda, Nythiyanantha Douglas (Jaffna) Dhammaloka Thero, Ven. (National List) Hashim, Kabir (Kegalle) Herath, Mrs.
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Member your time is up. You have only five minutes.
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NOTE Corrections which Members suggest for the Final Print should be clearly marked in their copy and sent to the Editor of HANSARD within two weeks of receipt of the uncorrected copy. Contents of Proceedings : From 9.30 a.m. to 4.41 p.m. on 08.08.2006 Final set of manuscripts received from Parliament : 7.25 p.m. o...
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AM BUMS HOT He STATION FROM 01.05.2005 TO 08.05.2006 Larainphg -fety. The Parliament met at 9.30 a.m. SPEAKER [THE HON. LOKUBANDARA\ in the Chair.
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_ FROM 01.05.2005 TO 08.05.2006 (ii) the nature of the complaints and the reason for not inquiring into it? 0417/'06 (6) Will he state the measures that will be taken for not 5.
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A single copy of Hansard is available for Rs. 2.50) Copies can be obtained by remitting in advance an annual subscription fee to the SUPERINTENDENT, GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION BUREAU, No. 32, Transworks House, Lotus Road, Colombo 1. The fee should reach him on or bvefore November 30 each year. Late application for subs...
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Basil Rajapaksa the were in denial for 48 hours. This is a fact. They were saying Presidential A dvisor. They of course were in denial. They that Mutur is not taken over by the LTTE and they werein said “No. the shell and artillery attacks never originated control of all the important military installations. from...
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to go in this fashion. Negotion is the only way to solve this Problem. The sooner we retum to the Negotiating table, the sooner the people will feel and have confidence to retum. The Hon.
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Sunil Handunnetti) (The Hon. (The Hon.
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A thuraliye Rathana Thero) (The Hon.
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Chandrasena Wijesingha on behalf of The Hon.
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Nagoda Divisional Secretary’s Division in the (The Hon.
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We are being emotional and sentimental. Rauff Hakeem) a serious crisis. Of course, they want the security forces to gain some order to facilitate the speedy resettlement of civilians victory but at the sametime they want this entire thing to displaced. We are going to discuss that. stop immediately. I was just lis...
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oars +. (The Hon.
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(The Hon. You must be mindful of that. They protect everybody.
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WANNIARACHCHITO Administration and Deputy Minister of Defence : PERADENIYA POLICE STATION 8. 5/26, Kotuwegedarawatta, (The Hon.
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But, they are in panic. meetings, with those affected people. They are getting enough food now. suffering. They live in camps and have no basic facilities. They are suffering. They are being trapped there. Thatis a different thing. Hoe, villages, they say. Multi-barrel artillery attacks and shell 301 resettle ...
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Member, your time is up. Everybody’s prayer is that. Government of the Hon. Now you find fault with this CFA. You will send back the Norweygian facilitiors. People have been cheated. These are human beings. The UN has just been observing. I met some of those Tamils. We have learnt enough lessons. was going to...
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(The Hon.
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There has to be credibility to what town, itis pointless for us whether you achieve the objective they are saying. Up to now, thousands and thousand are ornot. Today, there are hundreds of villages. In the Batticoloa claiming that there are more than 60 bodies lying the District alone we have more than 30 villages f...
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Kannappan raised it the the House on August 2.
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Executive Summary and Background. Senior Vice President of the National Defense University. (The Hon. to accept the value of education as a supporting element of profession- alism and advancement potential. officer corps. The SL Defense force must secure this land area. If the southm tip of Trincomallee Harbour h...
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(The Hon. (The Hon. Athaul - Minister Davelopment in the Fisheries Housing) of Infrastructure Hon.
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Deputy Chairman, I am happy to follow the Hon.
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But that agenda? While paying lip service to peace, is a different could not be done because there was shelling and bombing agenda not being relentlessly pursued? That is the question and the SLMM Head managed to escape as the report says, I wantto ask. Not by an open declaration right now, somewhat “by a whisker’. S...
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Chandrasena - Minister of Agrarian Services...
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Consequently the how things went awry, Sir. 1 referto anews report that appeared meeting had to be abandoned and the possibility of the in the “Daily Mirror” of Friday, 28th July, 2006. This is what anicut being opened was thereby lost or thwarted. the news report states, I quote: “Ven. Neelapola There who was a...
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They have lost their houses. I think those (An Hon. Member) people need to be looked after. (The Hon. Sampanthan) That is a matter that I will refer to in the course of the ow Emergency Debate tomorrow. Member) Muslims in particular. We also want the Tamil people to be looked after. Deputy Chairman of Committees...
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Member) (The Hon. You have taken the 20 minutes. Ameer Ali - Minister of Disaster Relief Services) Hon. Athaullah, you have already taken 20 minutes.
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They informed Muslim persons living close to Army Batticaloa end. They are prepared to take the things. But camps that they were going to move in in a short while. they say, “We cannot move due to artillery shelling and They gave adequate notice to the religious heads of the bombing. Until both sides agree to stop ...
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(The Hon.
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Anwar Ismail - Minister of Irrigation) (The Hon. Right. Shivajilingam) (The Hon.
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DEPUTY SPEAKER left the Chair and the HON. 7 7 GAYANTHA KARUNATILEKA took the Chair.
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Thurairetnasingam, Member of Parliament agreement is totally ignored and with the assistance of from the Trincomalee District, who comes from the Mutur Government agencies, water is primarily taken by the area and who knows that area very well, mentioned in the colonists. I am mentioning this, Sir, because I want ever...
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(The Hon. M.Athaulla) Sir, I rist to a point of Order. There is no point of Order. (The Hon. It should be deleted from Hansard. He should not use those words. There should be decency in this House. He cannot refer to the Hon. The Hon. Athaullah should know what he is speaking about.
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(The Hon. (The Hon. Member) (The Hon.
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Athaulla) (The Hon. (The Hon.
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Athaulla) (The Hon. Athaulleh, you can conclude now. Athaullah, you have exhausted the time allotted to you. I will have to stop you now. Thank you. (The 1101).
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Director at Human Rights Watch. Member your time is up.
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(The Hon. (The Hon. (The Hon.
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