How representative of the Tamils is the ITAK/TNA?
The Tamil National Alliance was formed in 2001 by the LTTE and became known as LTTE’s political wing. The rationale to create a political wing was probably the outcome of 9/11 and the...
Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Sri Lanka Politics / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam
by Shenali Waduge · Published 23rd January 2021
The Tamil National Alliance was formed in 2001 by the LTTE and became known as LTTE’s political wing. The rationale to create a political wing was probably the outcome of 9/11 and the...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / West/Asian Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 20th January 2021
The Attorney General of Sri Lanka is the Sri Lankan government’s chief legal adviser, TheAttorney General has now declared that the MCC Compact and the Program Implementation Agreement & Articles of Association of MCA...
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Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Crimes of the West / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of Media / Sri Lanka Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 15th January 2021
Despite decades of development of formal laws and tools for modelling legal knowledge for land rights by lawyers in developed countries, Sri Lankan lawyers stagnated preferring to work with statues of 1888 to 1927,...
Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / Ethno-Religious Issues / Role of India
by Shenali Waduge · Published 7th January 2021
Both Indo-Lanka Accord & 13thamendment are surrogates of India. Naturally, India will be too proud to find fault with what India imposed on Sri Lanka. Indo-Lanka Accord was signed in July 1987 while...
Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / Ethno-Religious Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 1st January 2021
The controversy associated with covid-19 remains unanswered. We still don’t know how it came and the root cause for its spread. But we do know that over 1.78million are dead. It’s a shocking number....
Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / Ethno-Religious Issues / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of SL Govt / National Army / War on Terror / Separatism
by Shenali Waduge · Published 22nd December 2020
Ideological extremism leading to terrorism is a growing national security threat to Sri Lanka. The ideological extremism is being nursed by politico-religious & ethno-religious extremist groups who have covertly placed themselves in influential...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 19th December 2020
Globally, there is a hurry to grab land & resources and it is a factor that any Third World country/Govt must be aware of. On the guise of development and aid, international agencies try...
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by Shenali Waduge · Published 18th December 2020
The Justice Ministry, the land ministry, the AG’s department & the Cabinet are either drafting new laws, amending existing laws, appointing committees or with one nod eliminating existing statutory laws. This is a new...
Constitution Related / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 19th November 2020
Lalith Weeratunga, former President’s Secretary and Anusha Palpita, former DG of Telecommunications Regulatory Commission were acquitted and released from the charges by the Court of Appeal on 19 November 2020. The conviction by...