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Sri Lanka opp leader writes to president seeking pardon for imprisoned ex-MP
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In view of ongoing and recent contestations between the president and prime minister, and president and legislature in Tunisia and in Sri Lanka, International IDEA’s Constitution-Building Programme organised a webinar on the ‘Value and Perils of Semi-Presidentialism in Transitional Contexts’ on 2 August 2021. Consititution-building experts also discussed Nepal though it does not have a semi-presidential system because of its parliamentary system that has recently faced political instability in similar ways as Tunisia and Sri Lanka.
A few key issues emerged during the discussion, including the understanding that semi-presidential systems can be complex and are not always best suited to deal with underlying social and economic pressures. For instance, the challenge in Tunisia appears to be the inability of democracy to deliver, which triggers popular discontent and in turn instability. The Constitution, and the political system therein, has been unable to deal with these ch
On Dayan Jayatilleka s detractors, mildly – The Island
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Monday 18th January, 2021
Health authorities in some parts of the pandemic-hit US are in a dilemma over the prioritisation of risk groups for vaccination. The New Jersey government is reported to have decided to vaccinate smokers on priority basis as they run a higher risk of having Covid-19 complications than others. It has drawn heavy criticism for its decision, which will result in smokers getting the jab before teachers and public transport workers, we are told.
Covid-19 vaccine saves lives, especially those of people afflicted with chronic non-communicable diseases. The opinion of the New Jersey officials is that smokers should be given the jab as early as possible if their lives are to be saved. But others are convinced otherwise; they ask whether smokers who are fully aware of the health risks they expose themselves to when they puff away at ‘coffin nails’ should get the first dibs on the vaccine. This has led to an ethical dilemma of sorts.