{"id":140893,"date":"2015-03-12T00:03:07","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T18:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=140893"},"modified":"2015-03-12T00:03:07","modified_gmt":"2015-03-11T18:33:07","slug":"slfp-not-for-curtailing-executive-powers-if-not-implemented-with-electoral-reforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/slfp-not-for-curtailing-executive-powers-if-not-implemented-with-electoral-reforms\/","title":{"rendered":"SLFP Not For Curtailing Executive Powers If Not Implemented With Electoral Reforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The SLFP today said it would oppose to any form of amendments to Executive Presidency, if they are not implemented simultaneously with electoral reforms.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_133403\" style=\"width: 154px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Nimal-Siripala-De-Silva.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-133403\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-133403\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Nimal-Siripala-De-Silva-144x150.jpg\" alt=\"Siripala\" width=\"144\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-133403\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Siripala<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Opposition Leader Nimal Siripala de Silva during a media briefing held this afternoon had said that they have learnt of an attempt by the UNP to present an &#8216;urgent&#8217; bill in the parliament to curtail the Executive powers of the President and added that although they admit this is the most apt time to introduce such reforms, they would not support it if it is not introduced concurrently with electoral reforms.<\/p>\n<p>Various viewpoints have been expressed with concern to the electoral reforms in the offing, with parties such as the JVP claiming that they are completely against reforms proposed by the Dinesh Gunawardena committee. They claim the proposed system does not reflect a true representation in the parliament.<\/p>\n<p>The two main parties, the UNP and the JVP however seem to agree on the proposals and it has been reported that the reforms are to be introduced within the next few weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":133403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SLFP Not For Curtailing Executive Powers If Not Implemented With Electoral Reforms - Colombo Telegraph<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/slfp-not-for-curtailing-executive-powers-if-not-implemented-with-electoral-reforms\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SLFP Not For Curtailing Executive Powers If Not Implemented With Electoral Reforms - Colombo Telegraph\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/slfp-not-for-curtailing-executive-powers-if-not-implemented-with-electoral-reforms\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Colombo Telegraph\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-03-11T18:33:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Nimal-Siripala-De-Silva.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"144\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"169\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/slfp-not-for-curtailing-executive-powers-if-not-implemented-with-electoral-reforms\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/slfp-not-for-curtailing-executive-powers-if-not-implemented-with-electoral-reforms\/\",\"name\":\"SLFP Not For Curtailing Executive Powers If Not Implemented With Electoral Reforms - Colombo Telegraph\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/slfp-not-for-curtailing-executive-powers-if-not-implemented-with-electoral-reforms\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/slfp-not-for-curtailing-executive-powers-if-not-implemented-with-electoral-reforms\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Nimal-Siripala-De-Silva.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-03-11T18:33:07+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9db3d0cfcfa59e1997e3c3524d454cb3\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/slfp-not-for-curtailing-executive-powers-if-not-implemented-with-electoral-reforms\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/slfp-not-for-curtailing-executive-powers-if-not-implemented-with-electoral-reforms\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/slfp-not-for-curtailing-executive-powers-if-not-implemented-with-electoral-reforms\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Nimal-Siripala-De-Silva.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Nimal-Siripala-De-Silva.jpg\",\"width\":144,\"height\":169,\"caption\":\"Siripala\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/slfp-not-for-curtailing-executive-powers-if-not-implemented-with-electoral-reforms\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"SLFP Not For Curtailing Executive Powers If Not Implemented With Electoral Reforms\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/\",\"name\":\"Colombo Telegraph\",\"description\":\"In journalism truth is a process\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9db3d0cfcfa59e1997e3c3524d454cb3\",\"name\":\"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/920b3181b0bf86b5c339ad9f0963a89f6a8b19c4b971e629987a021ba7a663df?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/920b3181b0bf86b5c339ad9f0963a89f6a8b19c4b971e629987a021ba7a663df?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"caption\":\"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/author\/colombo_telegraph\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"SLFP Not For Curtailing Executive Powers If Not Implemented With Electoral Reforms - Colombo Telegraph","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/slfp-not-for-curtailing-executive-powers-if-not-implemented-with-electoral-reforms\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"SLFP Not For Curtailing Executive Powers If Not Implemented With Electoral Reforms - Colombo Telegraph","og_description":"[&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/slfp-not-for-curtailing-executive-powers-if-not-implemented-with-electoral-reforms\/","og_site_name":"Colombo Telegraph","article_published_time":"2015-03-11T18:33:07+00:00","og_image":[{"width":144,"height":169,"url":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Nimal-Siripala-De-Silva.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/slfp-not-for-curtailing-executive-powers-if-not-implemented-with-electoral-reforms\/","url":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/slfp-not-for-curtailing-executive-powers-if-not-implemented-with-electoral-reforms\/","name":"SLFP Not For Curtailing Executive Powers If Not Implemented With Electoral Reforms - Colombo Telegraph","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/slfp-not-for-curtailing-executive-powers-if-not-implemented-with-electoral-reforms\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/slfp-not-for-curtailing-executive-powers-if-not-implemented-with-electoral-reforms\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Nimal-Siripala-De-Silva.jpg","datePublished":"2015-03-11T18:33:07+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9db3d0cfcfa59e1997e3c3524d454cb3"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/slfp-not-for-curtailing-executive-powers-if-not-implemented-with-electoral-reforms\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/slfp-not-for-curtailing-executive-powers-if-not-implemented-with-electoral-reforms\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/slfp-not-for-curtailing-executive-powers-if-not-implemented-with-electoral-reforms\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Nimal-Siripala-De-Silva.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Nimal-Siripala-De-Silva.jpg","width":144,"height":169,"caption":"Siripala"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/slfp-not-for-curtailing-executive-powers-if-not-implemented-with-electoral-reforms\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"SLFP Not For Curtailing Executive Powers If Not Implemented With Electoral Reforms"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/","name":"Colombo Telegraph","description":"In journalism truth is a process","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#\/schema\/person\/9db3d0cfcfa59e1997e3c3524d454cb3","name":"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/920b3181b0bf86b5c339ad9f0963a89f6a8b19c4b971e629987a021ba7a663df?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/920b3181b0bf86b5c339ad9f0963a89f6a8b19c4b971e629987a021ba7a663df?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","caption":"COLOMBO TELEGRAPH"},"url":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/author\/colombo_telegraph\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Nimal-Siripala-De-Silva.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140893"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140894,"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140893\/revisions\/140894"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}