07/24/2011
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The Sunday Leader
In a very perceptive article in “The Sunday Leader” of 17 July 2011, Uvindu Kurukulasuriya has exposed the cosy and mutually profitable relationship that exists today between the highest levels of the executive and the judiciary.
However, he has prefaced his excellent analysis with an allegation that the politicisation of the judiciary in post-colonial Sri Lanka commenced under Justice Minister Felix Dias Bandaranaike “who invited judges to political parties and offered drinks”. It was also alleged that “that was only one method among many that Felix used to politicise the judiciary”. The author of the article attributed both these allegations to Mr.Walter Jayawardene Q.C.
09/12/2010
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BBC, BBC Tamil
The United States says that the latest amendment to Sri Lanka constitution which was passed with a huge majority by the Sri Lanka parliament has undermined the democracy in the island nation.
09/08/2010
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Reuters
(Reuters) - Sri Lanka's parliament on Wednedsay passed a constitutional amendment that grants President Mahinda Rajapaksa even more unchecked power, which had prompted opposition cries of a looming dictatorship.
09/07/2010
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Ahilan Kadirgamar, Asia Society
Thousands of Sri Lankans are joining demonstrations against a controversial new amendment to the constitution, which would abolish limits on the number of presidential terms and increase the president's powers. Asia Society Associate Fellow Ahilan Kadirgamar says the terms would allow the president to make direct appointments to bodies responsible for governance such as the judiciary and bureaucracy.
09/07/2010
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AFP
COLOMBO — Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Mahinda Rajapakse to run for a third term in office, saying the constitution can be changed by a vote in parliament, officials said Tuesday.
09/06/2010
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TNA, TransCurrents
Full Text of Statement by Tamil National Alliance
'T.N.A cannot support the Eighteenth Amendment as presently constituted'
09/05/2010
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Groundviews
Groundviews created this timeline to highlight various promises and statements made by the President and government over abolishing the office of the Executive President.
08/30/2010
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AFP
COLOMBO — Sri Lanka's cabinet on Monday backed changing the constitution to allow President Mahinda Rajapakse to run for office for a third term, opening the way for a vote in parliament.
07/31/2010
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ColomboPage
July 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa is scheduled to meet Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremasinghe for extensive talks. The discussion will be held in the President's official residence Temple Trees on Tuesday, August 03.
06/11/2010
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AFP
COLOMBO — The Sri Lankan government has approved lifting the two-term limit for presidents in a move that would allow incumbent Mahinda Rajapakse to run for office again, an official said Friday.
Rajapakse, 64, came to power in 2005 and has increased his firm grip on power since defeating the separatist Tamil Tiger rebels in May last year after nearly four decades of bloody ethnic conflict.