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#COVID19LK (a thread)
1.The government’s poor communication and inconsistent policy is making a bad situation worse. Curfew maybe necessary, but citizens have a right to know the facts and make adjustments with minimum fallout. Its the gov responsibility to facilitate both (1/7)
1.The government’s poor communication and inconsistent policy is making a bad situation worse. Curfew maybe necessary, but citizens have a right to know the facts and make adjustments with minimum fallout. Its the gov responsibility to facilitate both (1/7)
2.The health & safety measures have to be empathetic and humane. Mishandling has led to a differently abled child taking his own life;a deplorable negligence by authorities. Who is taking responsibility for the Child’s death? What measures are in place to avoid recurrence? (2/7)
3.The garment employees that carried the weight of our economy during the initial lockdown were villainised and bundled off to quarantine centres with no proper facilities or dignity. Is continued criminalisation of #COVID19 the way forward? (3/7)
Sad day for #Democracy in #SriLanka... a large majority of MPs voted to enact #20A to reduce checks and balances, and to concentrate powers in the office of President...
#Constitution
#SeparationOfPowers
#RuleOfLaw
#Constitution
#SeparationOfPowers
#RuleOfLaw
Several Govt MPs who objected to clauses such as that permitting dual citizens seeking election to Parliament, (and those who said they could not in good conscience vote for 20A), voted for it anyway! #Hypocrisy
