What Sri Lanka must GIVE to GET $480m MCC “Gift”
The US embassy Colombo is repeatedly saying $480m is a gift & not a loan from the US to the People of Sri Lanka but then insists on signing an agreement & having it...
Category: Chartering Our Future
MCC Review Committee says MCC Agreement detrimental to Sri Lanka’s sovereignty – what amendments is GoSL suggesting?
The Gunaruwan Committee handed its supplementary report on the MCC to both the President & Prime Minister of Sri Lanka on 17th February 2020 and had made some recommendations and comments that should...
MCC Review Committee CANNOT be above the Law or the Judiciary
There are 3 pillars of governance in Sri Lanka while the constitution is very clear that the sovereignty is inalienable from the People of the Country. Therefore, the President, Parliament & Judiciary all...
Sri Lanka’s Education: Changing the System by whom, for whom & why!
There is much talk of late about Sri Lanka’s education system. It is definitely a prudent subject as the country’s assets are its citizens and it is the citizens that must protect and...
Foreign Governments disclose ALL TAMIL refugees & asylum seekers to conclude ‘Missing’ ‘Disappeared’ in Sri Lanka
We need a closure. We know how many Sri Lanka Armed Forces personnel died or were injured during the final phase of the conflict but the problem lies in determining the dead LTTE and...
Sri Lanka as US military logistics hub combining SOFA-ACSA-MCC & Peace Corps
MCC is one of the 3 pillars of US National Security Strategy initially rolled out in 2002 (Defense, Development & Diplomacy) ACSA and SOFA are clear US strategic military arrangements while MCC falls into...
Balkanizing India: National Security dimensions for India & Sri Lanka
Indo-Sri Lanka relations have never been what either country would have liked it to be. What both countries should realize is that small as Sri Lanka may be, India cannot afford to bully...
What happens if State Land is Privatized & Farmers are given title deed ownership
Interlinked to the MCC US Government grant of $480m are some crucial topics that the ruling government, the judiciary and citizens cannot ignore. 84% of Sri Lanka’s land belongs to the state. What happens...
NO GOVERNMENT can SELL a NATION’s LAND: A State is ONLY TRUSTEE of Nation’s Land
People belong to the Land. Land doesn’t belong to the People. Land belongs to the State of Sri Lanka & no one else. Who owns Sri Lanka’s land? No one else but Sri Lanka....
MCC Nepal & Sri Lanka : Is MCC aligned to US Indo-Pacific Strategy?
Nepal & Sri Lanka share similarities. Both countries have appointed teams to study MCC. MCC was signed by Nepal in 2017 – the state of MCC Sri Lanka has been kept a...
