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Temporary status
MPs who lost their official position with the dissolution of Parliament on August 18 will regain their status temporarily. They will have their roles restored for a short period, say a day or two.This is when President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga issues a proclamation shortly re-summoning Parliament.
This is for the express purpose of extending the ongoing State of Emergency.
After the proclamation is issued, party leaders are expected to meet to decide on a date for the Parliamentary session, possibly in the first week of September.
Insiders say the censorship clamped down under the Emergency Regulations will continue elections notwithstanding.
Soldier, author, politician
A veteran soldier turned author and now Commissioner General of Essential Services, Major General Sarath Munasinghe (retd.) now wants to be a politician.He has sent in his resignation as Commissioner General with effect from September 1.
Insiders say he will contest the Kurunegala district (Polgahawela electorate) on the People's Alliance ticket. His campaign team which will include some senior retired military men is now taking shape.
SAMs in boats
Renewed Air Force sorties on Tiger guerrilla hide-outs in the north in recent weeks have bared a hitherto little known fact.Sea Tiger boats in the north eastern seas are armed with Surface to Air (SAM) missiles.
An SLAF MIG 27 on an air raid on an LTTE hideout in the north east narrowly missed a missile attack from a Sea Tiger boat.
Lessons by mail
A snail mail campaign has been launched by a top man in uniform to counter his critics who have accused him of fishing in stormy seas.A news clipping giving lessons in humility and good behaviour is being circulated to all suspected critics including those in the media. Postal revenue will sure go up.
Dawn visits
President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga's advice seems to have been forgotten altogether.An Army and Police team conducted house to house searches in a southern suburb of Nugegoda beginning at 2.30 am this week.
Households without males were the worst hit. Women and children screamed as they heard knocks on their doors. Some had to remain on the road till the armed men walked through the rooms and gave the go ahead. If that late night operation was to arrest Tiger guerrillas or unearth weapons, none were found during this operation.
The polls eve exercise has made some wonder whether this was a PR exercise in the reverse.
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