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22nd November 1998 |
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- L E G A L
W A T C H
Qualified approval from independent jurists
The authors of the report accept that the current
situation in parts of Sri Lanka justifies the
proclamation of a state of emergency, being a situation
which "threatens the life of the nation" within
the meaning of the relevant clause in the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to which this
country is a party.
- The
week that was
Cold War in SLFP hots up
Last Sunday, Sirisena Cooray paid a sudden visit to the
Dalada Maligawa and met the Nayaka Theras of Malwatte and
Asgiriya. He had come there to discuss the repair work at
the Maligawa and also to discuss the current political
scene. In the course of the discussions, he had advocated
a non-party president responsible to parliament at all
times. He should be selected by all parties both of the
government and the opposition.
- US
Mid-term elections
Democrats
break with tradition
Further misfortunes lay ahead. The end of 1996 brought
Gingrich an ethics reprimand and a $300,000 penalty, a
controversy that infuriated republicans anxious to hold
the high road above what they saw as the ethically
compromised Clinton administration. Gingr-ich paid a
price for holding on to the speaker's chair, as
rank-and-file Republicans clamoured for internal changes
that diluted his power and rebels staged an unsuccessful,
but damaging, coup attempt.
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