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...mention is that (as the President explained to your correspondent) any agreement signed with regard to the defense of the nation, including the present cease-fire, has to be signed by the head of state. As the cease-fire has been signed only by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and the head of the LTTE, it is invalid under Sri Lanka's constitution. The President said she decided to stand by it because of her commitment to peace and decided to let the negotiations begin and continue. You spoke of "the unexpected scale of [the Prime Minister's] reception...
...Congress of Trade Unions for a two-day strike to protest the arrests had elicited a lukewarm response. More than 30 of the original demonstrators remained in detention. Archive: Zimbabwe in TIME Time To Talk SRI LANKA A joint committee set up by President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe should work out new power-sharing arrangements by Dec. 15, Kumaratunga's spokesman announced, and so end a bitter tussle between the two rivals that threatens to derail efforts to end the 20-year-long civil war. E.U. External Relations Commissioner Chris Patten travels to Colombo this week...
...surge in support for the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, which gained 40 seats. Who's In Charge Here? SRI LANKA The Norwegian government said it would withdraw from its role as mediator in the peace process until the power struggle between President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was resolved. Kumaratunga has accused Wickremesinghe of conceding too much in the negotiations with the separatist Tamil Tigers. Sri Lanka: Peace in The Balance Diabetes Hope U.S. Massachusetts General Hospital scientists announced a breakthrough that may lead to a cure for insulin-dependent diabetes. The researchers were able...
...Ranil Wickremesinghe Prime Minister, 54 ? Elected: December 2001 ? Powers: Heads the government because his party holds a parliamentary majority. But needs the President's approval for everything from forming his Cabinet to conducting foreign policy ? Style: Laid-back, aloof and shies from confrontation ? View of President: Previously too polite to say. Now accuses her of being undemocratic and power-hungry
...with the Tigers, excluding Kumaratunga, who made initial peace moves in the 1980s and 1990s, from any role in the negotiations. "At most times, I came to know of decisions on defense matters after they were taken and only from the media," complained Kumaratunga in her second national address. "Ranil is also very selfish," says Jehan Perera of the National Peace Council, a Colombo-based independent NGO. "He didn't support her when she tried to make some good changes when her government was in power. He also wants power for himself...