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    Sunday 21st February 1999   Vol. 1 No. 90         down

                 
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  • UNP moving parliamentary resolution to ensure free polls
    Chandrika invites Ranil for 'fair elections' talks
    President Chandrika Kumaratunga Friday wrote to Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe proposing a political party conference to ensure that the forthcoming elections are properly conducted.

    "She's suggested three dates and times and asked me to pick one of them," Wickremesinghe said.

    Asked whether other parties too are being invited, he said that the president probably wanted to fix a date and time with him and propose that to the others. He was due to meet with Messrs. Gamini Atukorale, Karu Jayasuriya and K.N. Choksy on Saturday to reply the president's letter.

 

Anura Bandaranaike would not have wished for a better birthday present that the supream court judgement on the breach of his fundamental rights that came the day after his 50th birthday. The birthday boy perhaps to silance speculation on an pending crossover, had ordered a cake topped by a roly - poly green elephant. The guests included Ranil Wickremasinge

 

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