The Supreme Court has determined that no provision of the Presidents' Entitlements (Repeal) Bill are inconsistent with the Constitution and therefore, the bill can be enacted with a simple majority in Parliament, Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne announced to the House this morning.
A three-judge Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice Preethi Padman Surasena along with Justices Achala Wengappuli and Sampath B Abayakoon had made its determination after considering several fundamental rights petitions filed in the Supreme Court that challenged the constitutionality of the bill.
The bill seeks to do away with official residences and monthly allowances paid to former presidents or their widows.
It also seeks to do away with the monthly secretarial allowance and official transport and such other facilities provided to a former President or their widow.
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The number of Buddhist monks who were killed following the accident at the Na Uyana Theravada Buddhist Monastery (Na Uyana Aranya Senansenaya) in Pansiyagama, Melsiripura, Kurunegala currently stands at nine , with four injured, Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Prof. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi told Parliament this morning. He revealed that two of the injured Buddhist monks are being treated at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, addressing the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, said that both inequality and poverty ought to be regarded as a worldwide catastrophe that requires urgent attention.
Mannar residents vowed to continue their protest against proposed wind power projects on the main island despite they came under attack on Friday night (26) when they tried to stop transportation of equipments following Presidential directive to go ahead with the project.
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