Category: Colonial & Neo colonial
Sri Lanka: Did you know MCC $480m covers only 7 districts, 28% of land area & 10 land registries
There is much hype about a corporate development entity under the US Government known as MCC offering Sri Lanka a ‘GIFT’ of $480m. We are supposed to be on our knees in gratitude....
If Sri Lanka signs MCC, a Private Company will take over job of Parliament & Politicians
We are living in times when international companies are taking governments to courts and winning millions in compensation. Sovereign governments cannot afford to hold the tax payers to ransom with irresponsible decision making...
Bim Saviya with MCC – A Government without Land & Legal professionals unable to adjudicate our Land Rights
The Yahapalana Government & US Government finalized MCC (development arm of US Govt’s Pivot to Asia) in 2018. It was to create a dynamic market for land and was a key component...
Wither the August Mandate: Why no dividends to the Nationalist Majority
The August 2020 Parliamentary victory showed for the 2ndtime the power that ensues when the majority is united. The victors of 2015 openly declared their debt to the minorities which got translated into marginalizing...
MCC Privatizing Sri Lanka – Landless State, evicting role of Politicians & creating Tamil Eelam
On 28 June 2019, the Yahapalana Government tabled the State Lands (Special Provisions) Bill. The Bill, if enacted would have privatized 84% of land that belonged to the People (State). Sri Lanka would...
Can Sri Lanka’s Government give State land to permit holders as outright deeds?
The last government made several attempts to privatize State land. This would have left Sri Lanka with no state land. What good is a government without land? How can a government tax when it...
US sanctions China – Sri Lanka & MCC
Nothing happens in this world without some geopolitical thrust or shove. In viewing any geopolitical incident, it is necessary to see the pattern in what culminated in an incident(s) and attempt to connect the...
MCC Agreement: Hidden costs not factored by Sri Lanka’s Government & People
The People of Sri Lanka are supposed to feel elated that the US Government is giving a ‘gift’ of $480m across a period of 5 years. This gift comes with plenty of strings....
Don’t sell my Mother: Are Portuguese-Dutch-British being replaced by India-China-US?
Have we learnt lessons? Don Juan Dharmapala not only baptized himself but even gifted Lanka to the Portuguese. Rajasinghe II learnt a bitter lesson when he thought the Dutch was better than the Portuguese...
