Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Political Parties / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 3rd February 2020
What do we think we are celebrating on 4th February every year? Our independence from colonial rule. But did we really get independence on 4th February 1948? We didn’t because we became by choice a dominion...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 2nd February 2020
The MCC is not just any ordinary agreement. It is an agreement that is signed between 2 Governments, passing 10 land registries to a newly created company called MCC Sri Lanka Pvt Ltd....
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 11th January 2020
MCC has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. It is important that we are all aware of the clauses and demands as well as commitments made by Govt and officials...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage
by Shenali Waduge · Published 10th January 2020
There was much uproar against many Asian countries regarding chaining of elephants with specific reference to Sri Lanka’s use of elephants in Buddhist cultural pageants. The gist or modus operandi behind the demonstrations against...
Colonial & Neo colonial / Role of West & Alliances / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 9th January 2020
MCC request Private Company to be PRIMARY AGENT of GoSL – Is this permitted by Sri Lanka Constitution? Does the Sri Lankan Constitution allow a Government elected for a term of office and...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related
by Shenali Waduge · Published 25th December 2019
With regard to LAND there are critical factors Sri Lanka cannot afford to ignore any longer. We are into 72 years of ‘independence’ but still following colonial statutes and it is nothing we...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Sri Lanka Politics / West/Asian Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 9th December 2019
When late Justice Amarasinghe delivered the landmark verdict in the Eppawela phosphate case in the 1990s which ironically was associated with a US & Japanese tie-up with a rail track from Anuradhapura to Trincomalee,...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of SL Govt / National Army / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage / Sri Lanka Politics / West/Asian Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 4th November 2019
Location, Location, Location” is reason why Sri Lanka is important and it is the reason why nations adopt numerous approaches to ensure stakes in potentially any corner of the island all of which bring...
Colonial & Neo colonial / Crimes of the West / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of West & Alliances / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 1st November 2019
Ever since a regime change was choreographed in 2015 January, the US has been using its lackeys in government to exert tremendous influence in 3 areas – Sri Lanka‘s economy, Sri Lanka‘s Parliament and...
Colonial & Neo colonial / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of West & Alliances / West/Asian Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 19th September 2019
A growing number of citizens are becoming aware of the dangers to Sri Lanka’s sovereignty as a result of the MCC proposal together with SOFA & ACSA. They view this as unnecessarily putting Sri...
