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requesting a separate
Provincial Council for the East. On 16 October 2006 the Supreme Court ruled that the proclamations issued by President Jayewardene were null and void and had no legal effect. The North Eastern Province was formally demerged into the Northern and Eastern provinces on 1 January
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The proclamations were only meant to be a temporary measure until a referendum was held in the
Eastern Province on a permanent merger between the two provinces. However, the referendum was never held and successive Sri Lankan presidents have issued proclamations annually extending the life of the
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The 13th
Amendment to the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka and the Provincial Councils Act No 42 of 1987 established provincial councils. Nine provincial councils were created by order on 3 February 1988. The first
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The governors of the Sri Lankan provinces tend to be mostly retired politicians, judges and military officers. The North
Eastern Province had six governors in its 18 years of existence:
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to be held by 31 December 1988 in the
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controlling this province, directly or indirectly, alarmed them greatly. On 14 July 2006, after a long campaign against the merger, the
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in 2006. The province was formally demerged into the
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