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Sri Lanka Government 1997https://photius.com/wfb1997/sri_lanka/sri_lanka_government.htmlSOURCE: 1997 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Country name
Data code CE Government type republic National capital Colombo Administrative divisions 8 provinces; Central, North Central, North Eastern, North Western, Sabaragamuwa,Southern, Uva, Western Independence 4 February 1948 (from UK) National holiday Independence and National Day, 4 February (1948) Constitution adopted 16 August 1978 Legal system a highly complex mixture of English common law, Roman-Dutch, Muslim,Sinhalese, and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction Suffrage 18 years of age; universal Executive branch
Legislative branch
unicameral Parliament (225 seats; members elected by popular vote onthe basis of a modified proportional representation system to serve six-yearterms)
Judicial branch Supreme Court, judges are appointed by the Judicial Service Commission;Court of Appeals Political parties and leaders
All Ceylon Tamil Congress (ACTC), C. G. Kumar PONNAMBALAM; Ceylon WorkersCongress (CLDC), S. THONDAMAN; Communist Party, K. P. SILVA; Communist Party/Beijing(CP/B), N. SHANMUGATHASAN; Democratic People's Liberation Front (DPLF), leaderNA; Democratic United National Front (DUNF), G. M. PREMACHANDRA; Eelam People'sDemocratic Party (EPDP), Douglas DEVANANDA; Eelam People's Revolutionary LiberationFront (EPRL), Suresh PREMACHANDRAN; Eelam Revolutionary Organization of Students(EROS), Shankar RAJI; Lanka Socialist Party/Trotskyite (LSSP, or Lanka SamaSamaja Party), Colin R. DE SILVA; Liberal Party (LP), Chanaka AMARATUNGA;New Socialist Party (NSSP, or Nava Sama Samaja Party), Vasudeva NANAYAKKARA;People's Alliance (PA), Chandrika Bandaranaike KUMARATUNGA; People's LiberationOrganization of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE), Dharmalingam SIDARTHAN; People's UnitedFront (MEP, or Mahajana Eksath Peramuna), Dinesh GUNAWARDENE; Sri Lanka FreedomParty (SLFP), Sirimavo BANDARANAIKE; Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC), M.H. M. ASHRAFF; Sri Lanka People's Party (SLMP, or Sri Lanka Mahajana Party),Ossie ABEYGUNASEKERA; Sri Lanka Progressive Front (SLPF), leader NA; Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO), leader NA; Tamil United LiberationFront (TULF), M. SIVASITHAMBARAM; United National Party (UNP), Dingiri BandaWIJETUNGA; Upcountry People's Front (UPF), leader NA; several ethnic Tamiland Muslim parties, represented in either parliament or provincial councils
Political pressure groups and leaders Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and other smaller Tamil separatistgroups; other radical chauvinist Sinhalese groups; Buddhist clergy; SinhaleseBuddhist lay groups; labor unions International organization participation AsDB, C, CCC, CP, ESCAP, FAO, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU,ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol,IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, NAM, PCA, SAARC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNU, UPU,WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO Diplomatic representation in the US
Diplomatic representation from the US
Flag description
yellow with two panels; the smaller hoist-side panel has two equal verticalbands of green (hoist side) and orange; the other panel is a large dark redrectangle with a yellow lion holding a sword, and there is a yellow bo leafin each corner; the yellow field appears as a border that goes around theentire flag and extends between the two panels
NOTE: The information regarding Sri Lanka on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Sri Lanka Government 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Sri Lanka Government 1997 should be addressed to the CIA. |