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NFC has a role to play:
Film Academy: President fulfils Gamini's dream
With just ten days to go to mark the 72nd birth
anniversary of the doyen of the silver screen, the late Gamini
Fonseka which falls on March 21, this commentary is written to
recall how President Mahinda Rajapaksa fulfilled the wish of Gamini
within one year of assuming the highest office in the land.
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Truth is stranger than fiction?
Somasiri Devendra, a man of many parts himself
in real life, says this about himself, "In Yesterday I played many
parts - at times the lead, at times the villain, sometimes a bit
part player and at other times an observer - so that these events
are not linked to each other than through me."
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Judiciary, promotions and differentiation
According to the newspapers some of the judges
of our Court of Appeal are unhappy at the prospect of an "outsider"
being considered for the post of President of the Court of Appeal.
This outsider is presumably from either the private bar or is a
State law officer. The judges obviously feel that such an appointee
will gain a march over them in the judicial hierarchy while also
obstructing their career advancement for a period of time.
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