{"id":107858,"date":"2013-09-27T22:40:21","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T17:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=107858"},"modified":"2013-10-03T19:49:13","modified_gmt":"2013-10-03T14:19:13","slug":"slfp-is-not-a-racist-party-cbk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/slfp-is-not-a-racist-party-cbk\/","title":{"rendered":"SLFP Is Not A Racist Party: CBK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Racism and religious extremism have no place in the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, former President <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Chandrika+Kumaratunga&amp;x=8&amp;y=5\">Chandrika Kumaratunga<\/a><\/span> said at the commemoration of her father S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike&#8217;s death yesterday.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_45185\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-opposition-leader-rajapakse-was-extremely-upset-over-cbks-actions\/mahinda-and-chandrika\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-45185\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45185\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45185\" title=\"Mahinda-and-Chandrika\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Mahinda-and-Chandrika.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-45185\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mahinda and Chandrika<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Addressing a crowd during the ceremonies to commemorate the former Sri Lankan Premier, Kumaratunga said that the pact signed between her father and Federal Party Leader, popularly known as the Banda-Chelva Agreement, went far beyond the power sharing provisions of the 13th Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At that time, the Federal Party was asking for power sharing under a federal system,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nowadays they are speaking of too many powers in the 13th Amendment. 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