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Churches issue joint call for constitutional council in Sri Lanka

Churches in Sri Lanka have urged the government to set up urgently a constitutional council which they say is mandatory under Sri Lankan law, reports Ecumenical News International.

The call by the church and civil society groups coincides with government forces going all-out to wrest control of the Vanni region from separatist Tamil rebels.

"The present lawlessness and violence that pervades all facets of life in the country could be directly attributed to the failure to appoint the constitutional council," noted the National Christian Council of Sri Lanka, a grouping of eight Protestant churches in the Indian Ocean island.

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[03/17/2008]

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