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| | Encyclopedia4U - Sri Lanka - Encyclopedia Article |
 | | Responsible to parliament for the exercise of duties under the constitution and laws, the president may be removed from office by a two-thirds vote of parliament with the concurrence of the Supreme Court. | | | The president appoints and heads a cabinet of ministers responsible to parliament. | | | The president's deputy is the prime minister, who leads the ruling party in parliament. |
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| | Sri Lanka News - LankaPage.com - Latest Hot News from Sri Lanka |
| | Sept 28 (IANS) Colombo- Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga will inaugurate the National Advisory Council on Peace and Reconciliation (NAC) next week to push for the political settlement of the island's two-decade long ethnic conflict, her office said. | | | Sept 28, Colombo: President Chandrika Kumaratunga will convene the National Advisory Council on Peace and Reconciliation (NAC) on October 4. | | | Sept 29 (Statesman) President Chandrika Kumaratunga of Sri Lanka three years ago established the Presidential Truth Commission 0n Ethnic Violence (1981-1984) with S Sharvananda, retired chief justice, as chairman. |
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| | The Executive President |
| | If the President is unable to perform his duties due to illness or absence from the country, the Prime Minister will be appointed to exercise, perform and discharge the powers, duties and functions of the President. | | | A Minister of the Cabinet will then be appointed to act for the Prime Minister. | | | The President has the right to attend, address and send messages to Parliament at any time. |
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http://www.priu.gov.lk/execpres/Indexep.html
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| | Peace in Sri Lanka |
| | President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga received Norwegian Foreign Minister Jan Peterson at the United Nations headquarters on Thursday 23 September. | | | Solheim briefed the President on his conversations with Mr. | | | UN Secretary General Kofi Annan received President Chandrika Kumaratunga at his office at the UN Headquarters in New York yesterday (Sep 23). |
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| | Sri Lanka |
| | After Dec. 2001 elections, Ranil Wickremesinghe, a longtime bitter rival of President Kumaratunga, was sworn in as prime minister. | | | In Nov. 2003, President Kumaratunga wrested some powers away from Prime Minister Wickremesinghe, fired several of his ministers, and declared a state of emergency because she was convinced that the prime minister was too soft in negotiations with the Tigers. | | | In Feb. 2004, the president dissolved parliament and called for elections in the hope of further eroding the prime minister's power. |
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| | after the Supreme Court unanimously declared the position of President vacant, the second woman to be swept into the Presidency by a peaceful People Power revolution (EDSA II). | | | He has held various positions in government including minister of planning and economics, president of the banking commission, and member of the commission of legislation. | | | Member of Parliament for La rioja, he was later elected to the presidency of Autonomous Community of Castile-Leon. |
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| | Women of Achievement |
| | She stepped down as prime minister 08-10-2000 and was suceeded by Ratnasiri Wickremanayke who was, of course, appointed by her daughter, the Sri Lanka president. | | | (It is modeled after the French parliamentary system with the president being the elected supreme officer who appoints the prime minister unlike the better known British system. | | | She was on her way home after having cast her vote for her daughter in the national elections. |
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| | BBC NEWS South Asia Sri Lanka leader sacks parliament |
| | The pair are divided over who should control the crucial defence ministry, which the president took away from the prime minister last November when she also declared a state of emergency. | | | National ballots for the 225-member legislature will be held on 2 April, nearly four years ahead of schedule. | | | The dissolution of parliament allows the president to create new posts and ministries and Mrs Kumaratunga immediately appointed two of her own supporters. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3469261.stm
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| | Maldives culture, society, history and politics, news from the Maldives |
| | 'The National Security Service (NSS), assisted by a militia controlled by Gayyoom's hard-line brother Minister Yameen, Executive Secretary to the President, Abdullah Shahid and Police Commissioner Adam Zahir is on a rampage of violence against pro-democracy activists. | | | The case has strained Iran's relations with Canada, prompting Ottawa to withdraw its ambassador this week, and has exposed deep rifts between President Mohammad Khatami's reformist government and the hardline judiciary. | | | President Gayyoom has agreed to allow a secret ballot for the election of the president (speaker) of the Special Majlis after more than 20 Special Majlis members walked out of the first meeting and went to the President's Office. |
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| | TamilNet |
| | Federal judge Victor Marrero, who presides U.S. District Court in New York City, struck down Wednesday a key part of the U.S. Patriot Act, which granted to the FBI surveillance powers to demand company records from businesses without court approval, as unconstitutional, media reports in the U.S said. | | | U.S Court curbs FBI powers granted in Patriot Act | | | 32nd President of U.S. State of the Union Message |
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| | Who we are |
| | He continues to serve vigorously as the League's first president. | | | He co-authored with Joseph Campbell and others, Changing Images of Man (Pergamon 1982). | | | Dismayed by that short-sighted political decision, he founded the SETI League to privatize SETI. |
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| | rediff.com: The IPKF in Sri Lanka, 10 years on |
| | The government in Delhi did not [ humiliate him ]. | | | It was that announcement that forced the Sri Lankan government to announce the elections. | | | Secondly, the position taken by all the political parties other than the Congress is that it is wrong to involve ourselves in Sri Lanka. |
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| | GOSL Home Page: The Official Website of the Government of Sri Lanka |
| | This Website has been created as a public service by the Policy Research and Information Unit (PRIU) of the Presidential Secretariat of the Government of Sri Lanka. | | | However, the Government of Sri Lanka assumes no responsibility and Users of this Website should verify the information from other sources prior to making decisions or acting upon it. | | | You will also find online documentation of many of the Government's policy initiatives, links to all other Governmental and related Non-Governmental organisations, as well as access to an archive of News which you may search. |
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