Law students write against 18th Amendment
Repost This ArticleGroundviews received a statement against the proposed 18th amendment to the Constitution by law students from the Faculty of Law University of Colombo, the Sri Lanka Law College and the Open University of Sri Lanka.
As noted in the email we received, “The English copy has more names in it since we had some last minute additions and could not add them to the Sinhala copy. All students are registered students of these educational institutes and have agreed to both versions.The undersigned to the statement have consented for their names to be added.”
Download the statement in English as a PDF here.
Download the statement in Sinhala as a PDF here.
Shouldn’t the title be “Some Law students…”?
A little too late perhaps?
I am not a law student, but read and understood the English version of the proposed constitutional changes.
However, I am confused how these changes would bring about the stability, governance, motivation and innovation necessary for rapid and sustainable development as stressed by the proponents. Developing societies need consensus approach. This, unfortunately, is an (popular, I might add) attempt at autocracy.
I think it will merely result in rabid and mundane thinking, halting the little progress so far achieved.
BRAVO! I salute your courageousness.
At least these fellows have more courage than the opposition and the government politicians and the general public to sign their document with their names. Definitely the Defense Secretary will order CID and police to find some reason to punish these students as to stamp out any different opinions about the govt policy. Actually by amending the 18th amendment we just legalize the present non-democratic methods and policies of GoSL.
itz much brave and courageous of some of my colleagues in faculty to come forward to expressly dissent this piece of legislation that have very grave consequences on the democracy of SL at long run. though this move isn’t supposed to have immediate effect on impending perverse ratification, this communique will send the relevant authorities the message of still survival of Legal Student with back-born to oppose what can be regard as injurious for sri Lanka. in addition, this will remind people of their duty of electing people representative with solid set of principle and who aren’t not likely to be subservient at legal juncture like this.
Fantastic! This is what we want!
Ordinary people, students, teachers and professionals coming out in the open without political bias and without regard for their ”seniors” who are not bothered to do likewise!
This is a good work by our fellow colleague though i might say little late. instead of going out of the parliament premises when there is a poll(wot they doing in streets is useless and public insult, opposition wants just to show public that they are doing some thing ), as people who doesn’t have parliamentary privileges what you have done is good. At least u have shown that their will be lawyers who will stand before truth in future. Today some of the opposition members did show that they have come to the parliament just to earn money and reach the success. thus we can never trust anyone anymore. Even the young people who just came in ruined the expectation of the people who did vote for them. their defense is that they want to develop the country & by giving a hand for 18, can do justice for the people….how funny…guess wot will happen to elections, media, police commission after this..unbiased will deleted from the dictionary….we are slowly but steadily stepping to an era of dictatorship…sleep tight sri lankans….