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Out with the old, in with the … old

"On one hand, they abolished the emergency laws to satisfy the international community, while on the other hand, they bring in new regulations to the PTA, which itself is a draconian law. We oppose this move. We have always been calling to abolish the PTA, too."

"What's the use of abolishing emergency laws if they include the same tough laws in the PTA? This will not help to strengthen democracy at all."

- Suresh Premachandran, senior leader of the Tamil National Alliance, referring to Sri Lanka's extensions to the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA).

See the report by the Associated Press here.

“The evidence suggests that Mr Rajapaksa is not fond of relinquishing power. … With so much left murky, the worry is that the president will sneak in through the back door what he shoved out of the front.”

- The Economist. See the report, written between the lifting of the old regulations and the introduction of the new ones, here.

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