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The Thirteenth Amendment (13A) to the Constitution of Sri Lanka is based on the Indo- Sri Lanka Accord which was signed between the Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lankan President H.R. Jayewardene, which incorporated the devolution of powers to provinces. The amendment aims at creating Provincial Councils in Sri Lanka and enables Sinhalese and Tamil as national languages while preserving English as the link language. The Sri Lankan Parliament passed the Thirteenth Amendment to the constitution on November 14, 1987.
The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution provides for:
But, this amendment did not provide sufficient powers to elected legislators, ministers and Chief Ministers; it did give some powers to them. It was by no means a great amendment at all because it gave far too many powers to State Governors and important subject like police and land kept out from provinces.
Opposition to this amendment: The 13th amendment, along with finding support from some sections of the society has also been subjected to various forms of opposition. Those who oppose the 13th Amendment believe that it is a colossal waste of public funds as the people in these provinces receive no benefit whatsoever. Also, there are fears that the amendment will be a danger to the unity and the territorial integrity of Sri Lanka if police and land powers are transferred to the Northern Provincial Council. The Sinhalese majority is opposed to the devolving of land and police powers to the Northern Provinces, mainly because of the bitter experience of 1990 when the first and only elected Chief Minister of temporarily amalgamated North and East Provinces
What Is India's instance on this: India has been pressing Sri Lanka to implement the 13th amendment on devolution of powers in "letter and spirit" and to fulfill the aspirations of the ethnic Tamils.
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General study paper III
Effect of policies and politics of developed and developing countries on India's interests
Mains Question
13th Amendment of Sri Lanka’s Constitution in 1987 aimed at a long term solution to the ethnic divide, but it is not implemented in full "letter and spirit”. Discuss?
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