Sri Lanka: JVP to distribute 2 mn leaflets against proposed 18th Amendment

By Dasun Edirisinghe | The Island
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The JVP yesterday launched a campaign to educate the public on what it called the dangers of proposed 18th Amendment to the Constitution, which envisages far reaching constitutional changes to strengthen the hand of incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

A spokesman for the JVP said that the party would distribute two million leaflets in Colombo and the provinces as part of its overall campaign against the government’s move. The JVP launched the campaign by distributing leaflets opposite the Fort Railway Station yesterday.

JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva told a public gathering in Colombo, early this week, that the 18th Amendment would lead to a dictatorship. The JVPer accused President Mahinda Rajapaksa of trying to consolidate his family rule.

The JVP, early this week, moved the Supreme Court against the government move.

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