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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 8257776" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://thehavananote.com/pj%20crowley.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/125px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/125px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The  United States on Saturday condemned Sri Lanka's passage of a  constitutional amendment granting the president vast new powers, saying  it undermined democracy.  Sri Lanka's parliament on  Wednesday voted for the measure sought by President Mahinda Rajapaksa,  which removes a presidential two-term limit and grants him more power  over appointments to the police, judiciary, public service and electoral  commissions."The United States is  concerned that this constitutional amendment weakens checks and  balances and thus undermines the principles of constitutional  democracy," State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said in a statement.Crowley  called on Rajapaksa's government to take steps to strengthen  independent institutions, increase transparency and promote national  reconciliation in the Indian Ocean nation, which is recovering from a  long civil war.The government  argued the constitutional change was justified to give Rajapaksa, whose  second term ends in 2017, time to build Sri Lanka's $42 billion economy  after victory over the Tamil Tiger separatists last year.Opposition  and rights groups criticized the measure as a blow to democracy and a  step toward dictatorship by Rajapaksa, who parlayed last year's victory  over the rebels into a re-election to a second term in January and a  landslide for his United Peoples Freedom Alliance party in parliament in  April.However, critics accuse him  of stifling dissent, jailing opponents and disregarding the rule of law  as he holds an office with almost unchecked control of the government.Sri  Lanka's relationship with Western nations was strained earlier this  year after it objected to a decision by U.N. Secretary General Ban  Ki-moon to appoint an independent panel to assess whether crimes were  committed during the final months of Sri Lanka's war against the Tamil  rebels in May 2009.Rights groups  said the U.N. panel was necessary because Sri Lanka appeared unwilling  to seriously investigate possible abuses itself.The  government denies any war crimes took place, but rights groups say that  both the government and the Tamil Tigers were guilty of human rights  violations that resulted in large numbers of civilian deaths.<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE68A0TI20100911" target="_blank">reuters</a>Mr. Crowley,This is called Suba Anagathayak (better future) <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/lol.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="LOL    :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /><img src="http://images.brisbanetimes.com.au/2010/01/22/1061301/Rajapaksa-420x0.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />ape rajata jayawewa <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/D.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D" data-shortname=":D" />[YOUTUBE]VWitI5iqZHM[/YOUTUBE]<img src="http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-dance017.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-dance017.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-dance017.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-dance017.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <img src="http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-dance017.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

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