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JVP accuses major parties of firing communal passion through 13A
JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva Friday accused main political parties of arousing communal feelings making use of the debate on the full implementation of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.
“This is a trap. We call on people not to fall prey to it,” Silva said addressing a press conference at the party headquarters in Pelawatte.
“President Ranil Wickremesinghe was the one who opened this debate. Until that moment none in this country in the recent past had any worries about this amendment. People in the North and South were speaking only of the unbearable cost of living and skyrocketing prices of food and medicine.
“The President all of a sudden dropped this issue in the public domain and die-hard racists who had gone into hiding now have started
making come backs. We call on people not to become victims of their tactics. Racial bigotry is a known blunder our people had repeatedly committed in the past 75 years,” Silva said.
He said that the people in the North have problems and their demands were just. “We do not think that any other party except a government of the JVP-led NPP can give real solutions to the problems of people in the North. We would form an NPP government and bring in a new constitution with mechanism to solve the problems of Tamil people.
“We get it passed with people’s approval and provide solutions for the problems of the Northerner. Until such times, provincial councils will have their existence,” Silva said.
Approval of the Cabinet of Ministers has been granted at their meeting held on 19.05.2025 in order to introduce amendments to the Inland Revenue Act No. 24 of 2017 including the proposed tax revisions to enhance the tax structure paving way for state financial integrity based on revenue.
Accordingly, the revised draft bill has been prepared by the legal draftsman and clearance of the Attorney General has been received.
Therefore, the Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval for
the resolution furnished by the President in his capacity as the Minister of Finance, Policy Planning and Economic Development to publish the aforementioned draft bill in the government gazette notification and subsequently, forward the same to the Parliament for its concurrence.
The National Mineral Policy was prepared for the first time in the year 1999, and the aforementioned policy has been amended in 2023 to cover matters such as preparing an updated data system related to mineral resources, adding value to the export of minerals, encouraging mineral-related industrialists, extracting mineral resources and managing the environment sustainably, and resolving the issues related to the ownership of the land arising in extracting mineral resources.
The revised National Mineral Policy has been reupdated in line with the manifesto “A Sustainable Resource Utilization – Generation of the Highest Benefit” under the policy statement of the current government” A Thriving Nation – A Beautiful Life.”
Accordingly, the Cabinet of Ministers has approved the resolution presented by the Minister of Industries and
Entrepreneurship to implement the so-formulated “National Mineral Policy—2026.”
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