A
United People's Freedom
Alliance (UPFA) administration
will be set up in the
Eastern Provincial Council,
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Minister Keheliya Rambukwella
said on September 13,
reports Daily News.
He said in accordance
with the result of the
recent Provincial Council
election for the Eastern
Province, the UPFA obtained
the majority returning
14 members. Therefore,
the UPFA as the party,
which obtained the majority,
has the right to set
up the administration
in the Eastern Province.
When the minister was
asked whether the UPFA
receives the support
of the other parties
to set up the administration,
the Minister said that
discussions are being
held with several parties
in a friendly manner
for setting up administration.
Meanwhile,
Irrigation Minister
Nimal Siripala de Silva
on September 12 said
that the work of the
proposed Parliamentary
Select Committee (PSC)
on finding a political
solution to the ethnic
issue has been delayed
by the major Tamil party
Tamil National Alliance
(TNA), reports Colombo
Page. De Silva during
a meeting with visiting
United States Assistant
Secretary of State for
South and Central Asia
Robert O. Blake said
the TNA's failure to
name representatives
to the PSC has delayed
its work. De Silva however
has explained to Secretary
Blake that the PSC could
commence its deliberations
even now if the TNA
nominates its representatives
to the committee. |
