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Sri Lanka - Parliament approves extension of State Emergency
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by israeli.agent | October 8, 2009 at 07:31 pm
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Sri Lankan parliament voted for extension of the state emregency by another month , that gives sweeping powers to police and military to detain terror suspects (or remnants of LTTE terrorists ).
The extension passed with the support of 103 votes in a 225 seat parliament.
The main opposition UNP boycotted the voting and 11 members of Tamil National Alliance voted against the extension.
In recent times the civil society of Sri Lanka is becoming increasingly uncomfortable because of the restriction imposed on them because of the State Emergency and are questioning whether it is really necessary or not.
According to Keheliya Rambukwella , Sri Lanka's defence spolkesman "there are still remnants of LTTE terrorists at large in the country" even 5 months after the complete defeate of the guerillas.
Close to five months after the military defeat of the LTTE, Sri Lankan Parliament on Thursday extended the state of Emergency in the country by another month.
The motion to extend the Emergency was adopted by Parliament with a majority of 70 votes. While 82 parliamentarians voted for the motion, 12 voted against. The main opposition United National Party abstained while members of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) were not present in House.
In the mean time, Sri Lankan army is celebrating their 60th anniversary on tomorrow (10 - October - 2009).
Sri Lanka Army will receive a further boost for its image and join the annals of Sri Lanka's military chronicles when it issues a new Rs. 1000 worth commemorative Coin plus a new First day Stamp cover to coincide with ongoing Army 60th Anniversary celebratory events.
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at 10:28 on October 9th, 2009
The main opposition UNP boycotted the voting and 11 members of Tamil National Alliance voted against the extension.
The UNP was the main cause of the escalation of LTTE terrorism. These guys have no rope to hang on to. TNA voting against? This proves that there are remnants of LTTE in the areas and that they are worried about it or they are LTTE sympathizers themselves.
at 16:49 on October 9th, 2009
Or ,maybe they (TNA) have fear for their life..!
.Agent.
at 18:34 on October 9th, 2009
Yes. From the remnants of the LTTE, if they back the Govt.
Just check how many of these TNA guys went to Tamil Nadu and met people such as Jayalalitha, Karunanidhi, Vaiko etc. for the LTTE cause, guised as Tamil Cause. :-)