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President calls for changes to 13th Amendment

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has called for changes to the country’s 13th Amendment, calling for a mechanism that will unify the country further.

Delivering his budget speech in Parliament, Rajapaksa stated the devolution should not lead to separation, saying,

"Instead it should be a one that unifies all of us".

Following his comments, a Sinhala nationalist party and ruling coalition member, the National Freedom Front, announced that they are set to file a case in Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court against the 13th Amendment.

The NFF leader government Minister Wimal Weerawamsa also met with the opposition UNP party’s leader Ranil Wickremasinghe where they discussed the NNF’S call to abolish the amendment. Wickremasinghe stated that the UNP were not against the call and noted that they would decide on their stance on the matter at the next party convention.

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