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		<title>NEWS: Authorities Of Colombo University Cancel Anura’s Lecture On The Amendment</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lankatruth The seminar on the proposed constitutional amendment organized by the students of Colombo University was cancelled by the authorities of the university a few moments ago say reports.   The main speaker of the seminar that was to be held at the main auditorium of the Colombo University at 2.00 p.m. today was the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TISL concerned with proposed Amendment</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) notes with grave concern the attempt by the Government to rush through the 18th Amendment to the Constitution by presenting it as an urgent Bill in Parliament. By doing so the people have been deprived of the opportunity to discuss and debate a matter of vital importance. We also note [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CPA Statement on the Eighteenth Amendment Bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[3rd September 2010, Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) expresses its deep disquiet and consternation at the proposed Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution Bill, which seeks to remove critical constitutional restraints on presidential power. We are convinced that the changes embodied in the Bill are entirely inconsistent with constitutionalism and liberal democratic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CaFFE : 18th amendment:  NOT the way for Free and Fair Elections</title>
		<link>http://www.tisrilanka.org/?p=6005</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the proposed 18th amendment to the constitution the United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) government has inflicted a severe blow to the electoral process of Sri Lanka. Since the new amendment gives the executive President the power to appoint members to the ‘independent’ commissions, including the Election Commission, CaFFE fears that the future elections will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NfR condemns proposed 18th amendment to the constitution</title>
		<link>http://www.tisrilanka.org/?p=6009</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NfR, the Exile Network for Media and Human Rights in Sri Lanka joins democratic forces in Sri Lanka in opposing the proposed 18th amendment to the constitution of Sri Lanka .  Condemning  this amendment as the final step in establishing a constitutional dictatorship in Sri Lanka NfR urge  international democratic forces to voice their opposition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Friday Forum : APPEAL TO FELLOW CITIZENS</title>
		<link>http://www.tisrilanka.org/?p=6003</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have witnessed thirty years of armed conflict and the erosion of democratic values entrenched in the first post-independence Constitution. The end of the armed conflict brought with it high expectations of a just peace, strengthened democracy and development.  The proposed changes to the Constitution do not merely disappoint these expectations, but in themselves give [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AHRC-18th Amendment destroying democracy by manipulation of the democratic process itself</title>
		<link>http://www.tisrilanka.org/?p=6032</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A simple way of understanding the 18th Amendment is to compare it to the situation in the United States of America. The president of the United States is elected for a term of four years and is entitled to remain in power for a maximum of two terms. This is an absolute limit. Suppose this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Civil Rights Movement Statement on 18th Amendment to the Constitution</title>
		<link>http://www.tisrilanka.org/?p=6034</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BY Suriya Wickremasinghe A President’s immunity is not for life. It is only for the period that he or she is President. Once a President steps down from office he or she may be sued like any other citizen for any wrongful act committed while in office. A powerful deterrent on a President committing an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 18th Amendment: Constitutional Reform as the Consolidation of Power</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Dr. P. Saravanamuttu : http://www.groundviews.org/2010/09/04/the-18th-amendment-constitutional-reform-as-the-consolidation-of-power/ Politics is about power and the constitution is about protection of the people against the excessive concentration and exercise of that power.  Politicians need power to govern and people need government to establish the framework, which facilitates the exercise and enjoyment of their fundamental rights and freedoms.  Whilst it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Replacing one flawed amendment by another flawed amendment</title>
		<link>http://www.tisrilanka.org/?p=6018</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:49:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Island Feature May be due to the fact that they have to cater to the exigencies of the power hungry and powerful politicians, legal draftsmen/women have oftentimes been careless in drafting legislations, particularly the constitutional amendment bills. This is evident when one has a cursory glance at the drafts of the 13th Amendment and [...]]]></description>
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