Chartering Our Future / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / LTTE crimes / Political Parties / Role of India / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam
by Shenali Waduge · Published 27th September 2020
The Letter sent by TULF to PM Rajiv Gandhi on 28 Oct 1987 provides clue to how 13A evolved. The history of the events should awaken Sri Lanka’s advisors promoting the theory that ‘we...
Chartering Our Future / Ethno-Religious Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / LTTE crimes / LTTE Diaspora / Political Parties / Sri Lanka Politics / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam
by Shenali Waduge · Published 26th September 2020
How do vote-declining and fast-becoming irrelevant political parties and politicians return to limelight? Simple, they dig out a dead LTTE and create a tamasha and then try to force people to rally around them....
Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / Ethno-Religious Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / LTTE Diaspora / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 24th September 2020
19A inclusion of Dual Citizenship was specifically targeted at preventing Gotabaya Rajapakse from contesting Presidential Elections and requiring to revoke citizenship which created a thorny situation with US declaring him and Shavendra Silva as...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 20th September 2020
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...
Chartering Our Future / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India / Role of West & Alliances / Sri Lanka Politics / West/Asian Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 16th September 2020
With much thought and strategy Sri Lanka has appointed Moragoda as Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to Delhi iced with cabinet ranking, the first such fringe benefit afforded to a high commissioner. No doubt,...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Ethno-Religious Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 11th September 2020
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...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 10th September 2020
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...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 2nd September 2020
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...
Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Role of SL Govt / National Army / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 2nd September 2020
The best piece of legislation introduced by the yahapalana government is the clause related to dual citizenship. It highlighted the NATIONAL SECURITY aspect of a person who was a citizen of two countries contesting...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Crimes of the West / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics / West/Asian Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 27th August 2020
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....
