civic rights Archives - Ceylon Independent

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) yesterday (1), said that they would not support the implementation of a recommendation, made by the Presidential Commission of Inquiry to Investigate and Inquire into Serious Acts of Fraud, Corruption and Abuse of Power, State Resources and Privileges (PRECIFAC), to impose civic disability on an alleged offender. SLFP Treasurer, State Minister Dilan Perera, addressing a media...... conference at the SLFP Headquarters, said that such a deprivation of civic rights of persons, including of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, would not take place as long as President Maithripala Sirisena was the Chairman of the Party. Perera also said that following the PRECIFAC Report, the Attorney General, based on evidence, could file cases in civil and/or criminal jurisdi...

Ranil Wickremesinghe Sunday said the United National Party led unity government has been able to grant land rights and resolve housing problem of the people in the plantation sector during the past three years. The Prime Minister was speaking at a public rally held at the Dunbar grounds in Hatton this evening to ensure the victory of the local government bodies under the United National Party (UNP) in the Nuwara Eliya District. Speaking further, the Premier said that in the same way the people in the plantation sector were given their civic rights, the UNP government will in future grant them infrastructure facilities for the people and will develop the estate sector. He pointed out that during the past three years, the government has been able to carry out a number of development...

Tag: civic rights

PRECIFAC proposal imposing civic disability Maithri will not scrap MR’s civic rights – Dilan

PM pledges to develop facilities to uplift living standards of up-country plantation community