GL hopeful about
2-month time frame; Norway to mediate
Professor G. L. Peiris, Minister of Justice, Constitutional Affairs and
National Integration yesterday expressed optimism that the process of finalizing the long
sought constitutional changes can be achieved within the "next couple of
months’’ with the necessary Bill presented to Parliament.Peiris’
remarks followed Thursday’s statement over national radio by Agriculture Minister D.
M. Jayaratne, who is also the general secretary of the People’s Alliance, that talks
with the LTTE on a new constitution will be held within three months. |
| The holy casket of relics being placed on
the tusker by the President of the Dayaka Sabha, opposition and UNP leader, Ranil
Wickremasinghe on the final day of the Kelani Duruthu Perahera last Thursday. (Picture by:
Mangala Weerasekera) |
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