OTHER NEWS LTTE aircraft sighted A series of protest campaigns against recent EP polls Pillayan- first chief minister for Eastern Province Pillayan - new CM EP    Advertisement Print Version | Email to friend The Members of IIGEP Stand by theirConcluding Public Statement 01-05-2008 The Government of Sri Lanka has proclaimed that Justice PN Bhagwati, Chairman of the IIGEP, hasclarified the IIGEP\'s assessment that the Government of Sri Lanka lacks the political will to ensurethe success of the Commission of Inquiry. The Members of the IIGEP stand by the clear assertionsof their Concluding Public Statement, and disassociate themselves from any attempt by theGovernment of Sri Lanka to reformulate and re-interpret that unanimously agreed textIn fact, the letter to H.E. the President from Justice PN Bhagwati merely expresses the obvious,namely that the IIGEP cannot know for sure, but fears (\'apprehends\') that the political will is absent. Itis lamentable that the Government of Sri Lanka continues to divert attention from the central truth inthis matter – that is, the problem of impunity for serious human rights violations and the need for theCommission to get to the bottom of that impunity. The IIGEP\'s positions, including its observations of the work of the Commission, are reflected in thesix public statements it has made, which are available at the IIGEP website (www.iigep.org). Theycontain all the information necessary to refute all the smears and misrepresentations levelled by theGovernment of Sri Lanka against the IIGEP and its eminently professional Assistants. END Print Version | Email to friend

LTTE aircraft sighted Fri, 16-05-2008 04:00:00 An LTTE air craft was detected by the air defence system yesterday evening over the LTTE built Iranamadu runway, military sources said. A senior Air Force official told media that the air defence system had detected the LTTE aircraft soon after, it was airborne. “However it immediately disappeared from the radar system, as it went down,” the official said. ... |FULL STORY|

A series of protest campaigns against recent EP polls Fri, 16-05-2008 19:00:00 UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake , said , this Govt. has no capacity to do anything legal and honest ,whether it is administration, development or in the conduct of elections. It thrives only on murder, mayhem, corruption and malpractices. The Eastern Provincial Council elections bore all those hallmarks, he added. At the last Presidential elections it entered into a pact with the LTTE paying them billions of rupees betraying the country, and won. This time it entered into an allianc... |FULL STORY|

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Pillayan- first chief minister for Eastern Province Fri, 16-05-2008 18:00:00 Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan was sworn-in as the Chief Minister for the Eastern Province before President Mahinda Rajapaksa this evening. Three other provincial councilors also took their oaths, as cabinet of ministers despite M.L.A.M Hisbullah was absent. They are T.Navaratnarajah, Wimalaweera Dissanayake and M.Uduma . After swearing in ceremony Minister Athaullah welcomed the newly appointed Chief Minister. Chandrakantha obtained the highest number of preferential vo... |FULL STORY|

Pillayan - new CM EP Fri, 16-05-2008 14:00:00 Mr.Pillayan took oaths as the Chief Minister of the Eastern Provincial Council in a short while ago.... |FULL STORY|

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