DIFFERENT PRIORITIES IN THE SINHALA AND TAMIL PRESS |
Tamil Headlines
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Virakesari: 22nd Amendment Bill: Examination of petitions completed; Supreme Court will send confidential interpretation to the Speaker | 56,000 students achieve success by scoring above the cut-off marks Thinakaran: Examinations of all petitions against the ’22nd Amendment’ completed yesterday; Supreme Court decides to send the determination to the Speaker; Deadline given until 3:00 p.m. today for written submissions | Grade 5 Scholarship Examination results released yesterday |
Thinakkural: “Two-thirds majority is sufficient to pass the 22nd Amendment Bill, no referendum needed” – Government lawyers emphasise in Supreme Court | “If this government’s ’22nd Amendment’ succeeds, grave danger may arise from future governments as well” – Argument in Supreme Court Thamilan: 22nd Amendment examinations completed! Chief Justice announces that court’s decision will be sent to the Speaker | We will not abandon democracy for the executive’s agenda! Says MP Dilith |
Sinhala Headlines
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Lankadeepa: New ‘job’ revealed in court: two guarantors apply for bail for 45 drug traffickers: bail applications and affidavits from the same lawyer; CID ordered to investigate immediately | 22nd Amendment examination concludes: Verdict to Speaker soon Divaina: Former Mayor of Hambantota Eraj mysteriously dies in a house in Thimbirigasyaya in the same manner as Kapila, who had hanged himself | Examination of 22 petitions concludes: confidential determination to Speaker; “court makes decisions based on law, not on dhamma” – Chief Justice; Petitioners not allowed opportunity for reply submissions | “What is needed to resolve cases is wisdom, not age” – Ven. Balangoda Kassapa Thera
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Dinamina: 22nd Amendment petition hearing concludes: Supreme Court confidential determination to Speaker; parties ordered to submit written submissions before 3:00 p.m. today | Scholarship exam results released in 24 days: highest score 193 for Danoj from Ehetuwewa; cut-off mark is 139 | Indictments against Rajitha [Senaratne] Aruna: Teacher transfers of 11,000 in national schools halted; trade unions removed from transfer boards; “No decision given on appeals by Public Service Commission” – Joseph Stalin |