28 01 2016 To Court, Or Not To Court…  by N. Sathiya Moorthy Like predecessor-governments, the incumbent Maithri-Ranil regime has started taking one step forward on the ‘national problem’ and two backward. Like the predecessor Tamil leaderships, the present one too is divided between the moderates and the extremists. Soon, there could well be a repeat of the unfortunate merry-go-round of blame-games between ‘em all, inter and intra-ethnically! The issues are clear. One, the Constituent Assembly would address all problems that have hampered the nation’s post-Independence march forward, all-round. Two, the…
dbsjeyaraj.com 13 08 2014 Infrastructures Controlled by China in Sri Lanka will help its Strategic Build-up in the Indian Ocean region Where India is the Dominant Power. by  Col R Hariharan [Answers to some of the questions on India-Sri Lanka relations and China raised by an international news agency answered on August 11, 2014 are given here.] How do you see the diplomatic, economic, political relationship between Sri Lanka and India before the end of the war and after the end of the war? The multifaceted India-Sri Lanka relationship has undergone…
08 03 2016 The New Constitutional Edifice By Jayampathy Wickramaratne*Translation of the speech made by Dr. Jayampathy Wickramaratne in Parliament on 23.02.2016 on the Resolution for setting up a Constitutional Assembly, as a Committee of the whole House Today, a golden opportunity has opened up for us to build a new constitutional edifice, with the broad support of the people and various political parties. We take the first step towards that today. Why do I say so? Have we not made constitutions before with the support of the people and…
thesundayleader.lk 24 05 2014 Modi’s First Hurdle Over Sri Lanka “India’s prime Minister elect Narendra Modi faced his first political hurdle over Sri Lanka” India’s Prime Minister elect Narendra Modi faced his first political hurdle overSri Lanka. It began with his decision to inviteSri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa and other heads of state of the SAARC region for the Indian Prime Minister’s swearing in ceremony which will take place on Monday. As the news of the invitations broke out, Tamil Nadu political parties declared war on Narendra Modi expressing their…
thesundayleader.lk 23 02 2014 By Jehan Perera  Govt. Needs To Act On Northern Chief Minister’s Recommendations It is clear that something has gone seriously wrong with governance in Sri Lanka. This is seen in the disempowerment of people at all levels of society. Those at the community level find that they cannot get their needs met in their interactions with the government bureaucracy. At the provincial level, the authorities find that they are powerless in the face of the central government. Now at the national level too, the government leadership…