Future of a post-Rajapakse Sri Lanka
13th July 2022 will be remembered as the day an elected President resigned becoming the only President since 1978 to do so. He was the 7th President of Sri Lanka but one who...
Category: Chartering Our Future
Sri Lanka’s Crisis: Scenarios & Options
The political system has collapsed. Mob rule has taken over. Where lies the People’s mandate? Is Sri Lanka a functioning democracy or is life to function as per protests, protestors & their demands? What...
Sri Lanka’s Political Crisis: Name 29 Professionals to be included into National List
We are in the midst of a political crisis emerging out of an economic crisis. People’s emotions are high as a result of the sufferings they have to undergo affecting their homes &...
Why isn’t the COPE-COPA grilling the Politicians?
The public are listening with interest & shock to the questions and answers emerging from the COPE sessions. COPE & COPA are regarded as the Parliamentary WatchDog. Members of Parliament sitting on both...
Can Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith elaborate on the Church sponsored Eelam Pan-Christian State
Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith is calling for justice for Easter Sunday, we all want justice, but why didn’t he call for justice for the victims of LTTE crimes? He doesn’t do so because the...
Sri Lanka’s energy crisis an artificial one?
Leaving aside the global crisis as a result of the Ukraine-Russia conflict, Sri Lanka’s Govt is doing a pretty good job adding to the crisis. Is there any truth in the allegation that...
How the “Rule of Law & Democracy” angels removed a Chief Justice in Sri Lanka
Let us return to the impeachment of 2 Chief Justices of Sri Lanka – how they were removed matters not so much as the trial or the allegations related therein. Another noteworthy...
Racial Killings in US leading to riots & protests from 2020-2022
50 incidents between 2020 & 2022 in US linked to racially motivated killings and protests that ensued thereafter. While systematic racism continues in US, there are coloured-people who have risen to...
Is the next plan to have the Judiciary take over Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka has been a guinea pig since colonial times experimenting “democracy”. Since post-independence we have been thrown numerous challenges to test us. These have enabled more “tests” to be thrown at us....
Is foreign-funded “Civil Society” attempting to replace the Political System in Sri Lanka?
Do “civil society” actually represent Sri Lankan citizens or are they representatives of those that fund or pay their salaries? Their connections and the manner they network provide clues. While they point fingers...
