Despite insistence from the newly elected Indian Prime Minister that a political solution to the ethnic conflict must go beyond the 13th Amendment, the Sri Lankan government said today that a Parliamentary Select Committee would address the matter and determine the way forward, reports the Island.
"President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s position is that a solution to the issue should be evolved only through the PSC," Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva told a press conference at the party head office today.
Earlier this week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa to do more to 'meet aspirations' of the Tamils and to go 'beyond' the 13th Amendment. (See here.)
"The 13th Amendment to the Constitution had been forced on the country during the J. R. Jayewardene administration, but the present administration had appointed a PSC to review it before its full implementation," the minister was further quoted by the Island as saying.
The 13th Amendment had been implemented step by step but there were some sections which needed parliamentary review, he reportedly added.
"President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s position is that a solution to the issue should be evolved only through the PSC," Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva told a press conference at the party head office today.
Earlier this week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa to do more to 'meet aspirations' of the Tamils and to go 'beyond' the 13th Amendment. (See here.)
"The 13th Amendment to the Constitution had been forced on the country during the J. R. Jayewardene administration, but the present administration had appointed a PSC to review it before its full implementation," the minister was further quoted by the Island as saying.
The 13th Amendment had been implemented step by step but there were some sections which needed parliamentary review, he reportedly added.