No cabinet decision to fully implement 13A says Sri Lanka minister

Sri Lanka's minister of power and energy, Champika Ranawaka denied support for full implementation of the 13th Amendment, stating that the cabinet was yet to make a decision on it.

Last month, Sri Lanka's prime minister, Ranil Wickremasinghe told parliament, that the new government was committed to implementation.

"We will implement the 13A within a unitary framework," Mr Wickremasinghe said.

However, when asked if he supported the full implementation of the 13th Amendment during a live Twitter Q&A on Monday, Mr Ranawaka, who is also General Secretary of government coalition partner and Sinhala nationalist party, the JHU, replied: "No cabinet decision to fully implement 13th amendment".

Tamils in the North-East, have long rejected the 13th Amendment, which calls for devolution of power to the provinces, as a solution to the island's ethnic conflict.

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