Chartering Our Future / Lessons for Sri Lanka / LTTE crimes / Sri Lanka Politics / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam
by Shenali Waduge · Published 31st December 2019
Sri Lanka’s conflict was TERRORIST & ETHNIC Sri Lanka’s conflict was TERRORIST not ‘CIVIL’ (GOSL must request all media releases to correct that Sri Lanka did not suffer an ethnic or civil war...
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 / Ethno-Religious Issues / INGO-NGO issues / International Issues / LTTE Diaspora
by Shenali Waduge · Published 9th December 2019
Mario Arulthas writes to Al Jazeera on 8 Dec 2019 titled Trouble brews in post-election Sri Lanka”. What are the concerns he raises: https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/trouble-brews-post-election-sri-lanka-191208094903589.html He refers to Gotabaya Rajapakse as a ‘hardliner’ exactly what does he imply...
Chartering Our Future / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 3rd December 2019
Sri Lanka has elected a new President. The victory is nothing that the international community are too gaga over as seen by the manner they have chosen not to even extend congratulations as common...
Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 28th November 2019
There’s never a dull moment in Sri Lanka. A crucial election is over. An outcome not liked or expected by those that manipulated regime change in 2015. It was expected that the country...
When SLPP began its campaign – Gotabaya Rajapakse’s message was clear – One Nation – One Law. It was an inclusive motto. There was no segregation. There was no discrimination. It was something simple...
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...
Chartering Our Future / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties
by Shenali Waduge · Published 6th September 2019
Its best that we all come to terms with some hard facts – there is no perfect system, there is no perfect constitution, there is no perfect Parliament and there is certainly no...
Chartering Our Future / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 12th August 2019
It was a moment many had awaited with much impatience. ‘My choice didn’t matter – the Nation had already selected & elected him… My brother is yours” was enough to put to rest any...
