FSP: 22A aims to boost NPP’s neoliberal agenda
Plan underway to abolish laws that protect EPF Paddy Marketing Board to be privatised Agri land to be vested in corporate sector New anit- terror law to suppress dissent Pubudu Jayagoda, Education Secretary of the Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) has alleged that the government is bent on securing the passage of the 22nd Constitutional Amendment to remove obstacles to […]
The Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) claims that the government is pushing for the passage of the 22nd Constitutional Amendment to advance its neoliberal agenda. FSP Education Secretary Pubudu Jayagoda alleged that the government is attempting to abolish laws protecting the EPF Paddy Marketing Board, privatize agri-lands, and introduce a new fisheries act that would lease fish-rich areas to multinational corporations.
The FSP also accuses the government of intending to close 3,000 schools and sell off state institutions, while establishing an anti-terrorism law and a new Cooperatives Act to control people's funds. Jayagoda emphasized that 99% of outstanding cases are before the Magistrates' Courts and District Courts, and suggested that increasing the capacity of these courts was a more effective solution to case delays than passing a constitutional amendment to alter the retirement age of Supreme Court judges.
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