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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 8265568" data-attributes="member: 92282">The government today called on the United States to stop interfering in  the internal affairs of Sri Lanka and added that they should refrain  from making ‘unwarranted’ and ‘irresponsible’ comments about the  island’s recent constitutional changes.Reacting to the statement released by the US State Department,  condemning Sri Lanka’s passage of a constitutional amendment which would  grant the President vast new powers, Media Minister and Cabinet  Spokesperson Keheliya Rambukwella said that the government would not  consider any such “unacceptable comments” and called on the US to  address its own problems first.“By making such unwarranted comments, not only has the US interfered in  the internal affairs of the country, but it has also disrespected the  country’s highest authority – the Supreme Court. We call on the US to  first study Sri Lanka’s constitution before releasing such statements,”  Minister Rambukwella told Daily Mirror online.The Minister added that the Sri Lankan government had also condemned the  US statement as the recent constitutional amendment was done within the  framework of the constitution. “What we have done is legal. Therefore  no one has the right to comment,” the Minister said.The US on Saturday released a statement condemning Sri Lanka's passage  of a constitutional amendment granting the president vast new powers,  saying it undermined democracy. “The United States is concerned that this constitutional amendment  weakens checks and balances and thus undermines the principles of  constitutional democracy,” US State Department Spokesman P.J. Crowley  had said in a statement.Crowley called on the Sri Lankan government to take steps to strengthen  independent institutions, increase transparency and promote national  reconciliation.     <a href="http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/6533-do-not-interfere.html" target="_blank">Dailymirror</a></blockquote>

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