Pakistan PM invites Lankan President

Pakistan PM invites Lankan President[ Wednesday, 06 July 2011, 05:19.45 AM GMT +05:30 ]Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gillani on Tuesday extended an invitation to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne to visit Pakistan, APP reported.

The Pakistani Premier extended this invitation during a meeting with a visiting Sri Lankan delegation headed by Rishad Bathiudeen, at the Prime Minister’s House in Islamabad.

Premier Gillani said that he was looking forward to meet President Rajapaksa in the Maldives at the next SAARC Summit in November this year. Gillani also expressed the desire to further enhance bilateral cooperation between Pakistan and Sri Lanka and welcomed the convening of Joint Economic Commission in Colombo, to be held after a gap of six years.

The Prime Minister congratulated Mr. Bathiudeen on Sri Lanka’s successful campaign against terrorism. He said that Pakistan too has achieved a number of successes in the war against terror and arrested and killed main terrorist leaders, yet splinter groups are still engaged in sabotage activities.

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President allocates Rs.1.5 billion for housing loan program

President allocates Rs.1.5 billion for housing loan program[ Tuesday, 05 July 2011, 04:28.08 AM GMT +05:30 ]Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) allocating 1.5 billion rupees for the Jana Sevana housing loan programme for low income families implemented under the Mahinda Chinthana concept.

The President in his capacity as the Finance Minister held a discussion at the Temple Trees today with relevant officials to provide financial assistance to the program that is aimed at providing a house to each family in accordance with Mahinda Chintanaya.

According to the agreement banks including National Savings Bank, Bank of Ceylon, Peoples Bank, and Regional Development Bank are required to provide funds for the Housing Development Authority to carry out the programme.

Addressing the meeting the President said that when issuing loans, priority should be given to low income people and private sector employees and asked the bank officials to minimize the documentation necessary to make the process easier for the loan applicants.

The President said the Jana Sevana Housing Development Programme should also be implemented with the support of regional political leadership as necessary.

Minister of Construction, Engineering Services, Housing and Common Amenities, Wimal Weerawansa said over 11,000 housing units have been built this year under the Jana Sevana Housing project and his Ministry aims to complete the construction of further 25,000 housing units before end of this year.

Deputy Minister Lasantha Alagiyawanna, Secretary to the President Lalith Weeratunga and several Ministry officials were present at the occasion.

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Complete the resettleme​nt program by end of this year - President Rajapaksa

Complete the resettleme​nt program by end of this year - President Rajapaksa[ Saturday, 02 July 2011, 02:25.27 PM GMT +05:30 ]President Mahinda Rajapaksa orders the offficials to complete the resettlement programme by end of December 2011.

President also said all the displaced people should be resettled by the December 31st 2011.

The Ministry of Resettlement said 255238 people are  already resettled in their respective places and only 5000 people who are in the Aananda Kumarasuwami  camp in Kathigamam are still remaining in their camps.

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Cabinet decisions to be release in all three languae - President Rajapaksa

Cabinet decisions to be release in all three languae - President Rajapaksa[ Friday, 01 July 2011, 01:54.43 PM GMT +05:30 ]President Mahinda Rajapaksa orders the authorities to make arrangements release the cabinet decisions in all three languages.

This order was made by the President during the cabinet meeting on last Wednesday.

According to the Ministerial sources all the government document such as cabinet decision, parliamentary draft bill should be released in all three languages.

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No pressure from Indian government - President Rajapaksa

No pressure from Indian government - President Rajapaksa[ Wednesday, 29 June 2011, 03:12.01 AM GMT +05:30 ]President Mahinda Rajapaksa denied that he had come under pressure from India to offer the minority Tamils a political solution, saying that any settlement to the matter will have to be approved by Parliament.

"There was no pressure from India on the thirteenth amendment of thirteen plus," Rajapaksa told reporters.

Responding to a query on the visit by Indian National Security Advisor Shiv Shankar Menon, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and Defence Secretary Pradeep Kumar, he said the Indians had only discussed with him routine bilateral issues.

The Indian officials visited Colombo early this month in the backdrop of a call by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to impose economic sanctions on Sri Lanka.

Rajapaksa said Menon had indicated to him the proposal made by his own Cabinet minister Douglas Devananda on the need for Sri Lankan parliament to
thrash out the question of a political solution to the island's ethnic question.

He said appointing a parliamentary select committee on the ethnic question was not a delaying tactic. "Any solution that comes up will have to be approved in parliament," the president said. "I will back any solution approved by parliament".

"While having talks with political parties (with Tamil National Alliance) we can have PSC talks at the same time. If we wait for political party talks to end and then have PSC discussions, this will cause delays," he said. The president said the election for the northern provincial council will be held "next year".

He wanted the parties to start preparing for the polls which will be the first ever for the council since separated from the east in the supreme court ordered demerger of 2007.

On the present international campaign against Sri Lanka by the UN and other western nations, he said it was to be countered by submitting two separate reports. They will deal with the humanitarian nature of the government s military campaign that ended in May 2009 and the military aspects of it.

External Affairs Minister GL Peiris, who was also present, said that not all countries were opposed to Sri Lanka despite the UN special panel report which accused Colombo of war crimes.President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tuesday denied that he had come under pressure from India to offer the minority Tamils a political solution, saying that any settlement to the matter will have to be approved by Parliament.

"There was no pressure from India on the thirteenth amendment of thirteen plus," Rajapaksa told reporters.

 

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President to support political solution decided by Parliament June 28, 2011  10:54 am

I will support a political solution decided by the Parliament, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said a short while ago while addressing Media heads at Temple Trees.

The President said this when questioned on why a political solution for the minorities had been delayed.

He also stated that it was the responsible of the Parliament to come up with a durable political solution.

Discussing the University teacher salaries the President said that he cannot grant a Rs.200,000 salary as it was not in the public service structure.

Northern Provincial Council elections will be held next year, the President further stated.
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That´s what should happend. but should not take thirty more years to make a this.

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June 28, 2011 11:05 am

How convenient. The spineless government parliamentarians will carry out MRs wishes. MR will support his own proposals.

Cynic

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June 28, 2011 12:19 pm

The political solution is the 13th amendment as it is. There is no scope to devolve any more power whatsoever. The TNA better accept that there is no more scope to devolve any more power than this. Apart from the TNA nobody else in sri-lanka is demanding absurd demands.No land and police powers should be give to the PCs which would be a disaster for sri-lanka and the concurrent list should not be abolished. If the concurrent list is abolished it would be another disaster. The land belongs to all people of sri-lanka equally. The concurrent list is there as a safeguard. If it is abolished then the central govt will have nothing to do and will be powerless! It is crazy. The political solution should satisfy all minorities not just TNA and most importantly the majority as well, whatever majority and minority means. Only western countries, India, TNA and the LTTE terrorists in western countries are making crazy demands of sri-lanka and we should not in any way bow down to their crazy demands in any way sort or form.

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June 28, 2011 01:00 pm

Revulath onay Kendath onay,

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June 28, 2011 02:26 pm

MR PRESIDENTPLS TRY TO PASS THE BALL TO EVERYONE. YOU HAVE THE POWERS, 2/3 MAJORITY SO WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ALL KIND OF BULL SHITS NOW.

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