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National IDs - a key to cleaner elections
Speech by Minister of Constitutional Affairs and National Integration, Dew Gunasekara in Parliament on October 7 during the debate on Elections (Special Provisions) Bill
The issue of identity cards has a long history. The need for the issue of identity cards was first raised as early as 1959 - 45 years ago. The Select Committee set up by the M.E.P. Government of Premier S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike had gone into this question of identity cards in depth and incorporated its recommendations to the House of Representatives as the Ceylon Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Act No. 11 of 1959. This package of recommendations consisting of radical fundamental changes to the Election Law including the vote at the age of 18 was in fact a landmark in its history.
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