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Sri Lanka passes controversial Anti-Corruption amendment amid IMF, Opposition warnings
Passed without vote amid transparency debate
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The Anti-Corruption (Amendment) Bill (Bill No. Although TISL stated that this contradicts the 25% threshold of the Right to Information, the court ruled that a simple majority is sufficient for this. However, the court informed that since this violates judicial power and independence, a two-thirds majority as well as a referendum would be required.
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People
- Harini Amarasuriya2
- Mujibur Rahman2
- Mahinda Samayawardena
- Jagath Wickramaratne
- Evan Papageorgiou
- Sampath Wijeratne
- Shiran Gunaratne
- Rizvi Sali
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- Parliament of Sri Lanka7
- Supreme Court of Sri Lanka2
- Samagi Jana Balawegaya2
- Telecommunications Regulatory Commission
- Transparency International Sri
- International Monetary Fund
- National Olympic Committee
- National People's Power
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- Sri Lanka4
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- corruption7
- amendment7
- anti7
- bill6
- passed4
- vote2
- was2
- interpretational
- administrative
- controversial
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