By Reporting by Shihar Aneez and Ranga Sirilal; editing by Digby Lidstone,
11 January 2016
President Maithripala Sirisena (photo credit: Onlanka.com)
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<p>Sri Lanka's new
government on Saturday presented its plan for a new constitution aimed at
devolving power and preventing the sort of ethnic tensions that led to a long
and bitter civil war that ended in 2009.</p>
<p>The move comes as
reformist President Maithripala Sirisena's administration takes some steps to
promote post-conflict reconciliation and address alleged war crimes committed
during the 26-year conflict between government troops and Tamil Tiger rebels.</p>
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