Centre for Policy Alternatives on 15 November, 2012

National Plan of Action to Implement the Recommendations of the LLRC (Sinhala and Tamil translations)

Tamil and Sinhala translations of the Government’s National Plan of Action to Implement the Recommendations of the LLRC. Download in Tamil here. Download in Sinhala here. Download original document from the Government, in English, here.  

Categories: Background paperReports
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 15 November, 2012

Samadana Nokku 2012 on the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC)

To see the issue online, click here. Download full colour PDF from here.

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Centre for Policy Alternatives on 13 November, 2012

Press Release on the impeachment proceedings against Chief Justice Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake

13 November 2012, Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) expresses grave concern over the initiation of impeachment proceedings against Chief Justice Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake. A number of reports in the press reveal that several charges against her have now been placed before Parliament in the form of a Resolution presented to the […]

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Centre for Policy Alternatives on 1 November, 2012

Impeachment of the Chief Justice: The Sword of Damocles over Democratic Governance?

By Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Accounts, claiming varying degrees of authenticity abound of the impending impeachment of the Chief Justice.  This is not the first time this has been attempted. Denizens of Hulftsdorf within its ranks stopped the UNF government in its tracks from attempting to do this.  A third of the members of parliament are […]

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Centre for Policy Alternatives on 18 October, 2012

CPA’s audit reports: 1996 – 2011 archive

Download ZIP files with audit reports of the Centre for Policy Alternatives from, 1996 to 1997 1999 – 1998 1998 – 1999 1999 – 2000 2000 – 2001 2001 – 2002 2002 – 2003 2003 – 2004 2006 – 2007 December 2009 December 2010 December 2011

Categories: Archived MaterialAudit Reports
Centre for Policy Alternatives on 16 October, 2012

STATEMENT ON THE POSTER ATTACKS AGAINST CPA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

16 October 2012, Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) views with very serious concern the appearance of posters in Sinhala on Monday, 15th October 2012 in the environs of Colombo, the English translation of the text of which states: “Let us save the pro-people Divineguma Act that builds the lives of fifteen […]

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Centre for Policy Alternatives on 16 October, 2012

The Centre for Policy Alternatives Vs. Attorney General (Appropriation Bill) (SC SD 15/2012)

The Bill titled ‘Appropriation’ was placed on the Order Paper of Parliament on 9th October 2012. The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) and its Executive Director Dr P. Saravanamuttu filed a Petition on 16th October 2012 in the Supreme Court (SC SD 15/2012) challenging the constitutionality of certain clauses of the Bill. CPA contended that […]

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