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Government |
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| Official
Name |
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka |
| Capital |
Colombo |
| Country
Code |
CE
|
| Government
Type |
Republic
|
| Administrative
Divisions |
8
provinces; Central, North Central, North Eastern, North Western,
Sabaragamuwa, Southern, Uva, Western
note: North Eastern province may have been divided in two -
Northern and Eastern |
| Independence |
4
February 1948 (from UK) |
| National
Holiday |
Independence
and National Day, 4 February (1948) |
| Constitution |
Adopted
16 August 1978 |
| System
of Government |
A
highly complex mixture of English common law, Roman-Dutch, Muslim,
Sinhalese, and customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ
jurisdiction |
| Judicial
Branch |
Supreme
Court, judges are appointed by the president; Court of Appeals,
judges are appointed by the president |
| Executive
Branch |
Head
of state: President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga (since
12 November 1994)
Cabinet:
Cabinet appointed by the president in consultation with the
prime minister
Elections: president elected by popular vote for a six-year
term; election last held 21 December 1999 (next to be held
NA December 2005)
Election results: Chandrika Bandaranaike KUMARATUNGA reelected
president; |
| Legislative
Branch |
Unicameral
Parliament (225 seats; members elected by popular vote on the
basis of a modified proportional representation system by district
to serve six-year terms)
Elections: last held 16 August 1994 (next to be held by August
2000)
Election results: percent of vote by party - PA 49.0%, UNP 44.0%,
SLMC 1.8%, TULF 1.7%, SLPF 1.1%, EPDP 0.3%, UPF 0.3%, PLOTE
0.1%, other 1.7%; seats by party - PA 105, UNP 94, EPDP 9, SLMC
7, TULF 5, PLOTE 3, SLPF 1, UPF 1 |
| Political
pressure groups and leaders |
Buddhist
clergy; labor unions; Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam or LTTE
(insurgent group fighting for a separate state); radical chauvinist
Sinhalese groups such as the National Movement Against Terrorism;
Sinhalese Buddhist lay groups |
| Suffrage |
18 years of age; universal |
| 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, OAS (observer), OPCW, PCA,
SAARC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNU, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO,
WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO (2004) |
| Source:
www.1uptravel.com |
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