


The Government has decided to implement the All Party
Representative Committee proposal to appoint a High level Advisory
committee to administer the Northern Provincial Council, following the May
10 Elections to the Eastern Provincial Council, Presidential Secretariat
sources said yesterday.
Senior Advisor to the President Basil Rajapaksa, MP, told
The Island that whilst the Government restored democracy to the
people of the Eastern Province by holding elections, it had decided to
implement the APRC proposal to set up an advisory committee for the
Northern PC.
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IGP turns down request to
free Wijesekara
The Inspector General of Police Victor Perera yesterday
said his department could not accede to a request made by two JVP
dissidents to release JVP Trincomalee District parliamentarian Jayantha
Wijesekara, who was...

Terrorists cannot stop
development- Ranawaka
Environment and Natural Resources Minister Champika
Ranawaka said terrorists cannot be allowed to stop the development
programmes of the government. "We will continue with the planned
programmes in the pipeline."



