Why do Sri Lankans want elections?
Elections are far more than simply going to an election booth every 5 years and casting one’s vote, yet how many of Sri Lanka’s voters realize the importance of an election? Is it...
Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 12th May 2024
Elections are far more than simply going to an election booth every 5 years and casting one’s vote, yet how many of Sri Lanka’s voters realize the importance of an election? Is it...
Chartering Our Future / Ethno-Religious Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage
by Shenali Waduge · Published 11th May 2024
We may have a literacy rate of over 90% but majority of the citizens in particular those holding key positions in both private & public sector are clueless of geopolitics & historical linkages to...
Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / LTTE Diaspora / Political Parties / UN & Sri Lanka / UN bias & corruption / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 9th May 2024
This is not to present notion that Israel is right or wrong, or that Sri Lanka is right or wrong but to question UN’s treatment of Member states & the applicability of the...
Like Sri Lanka, Greece too declared default on €1.6 billion debt to IMF. It was the same year US-India sponsored regime change took place in Sri Lanka. Greece’s default came exactly 15 years...
Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 5th February 2024
Two stand out leaders of post-independence remains without a doubt Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike & Mahinda Rajapakse. Mrs. B was clear in her policy of non-alignment & pivotal decisions taken against western interests resulted in...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / LTTE Diaspora / Political Parties / Sri Lanka Politics / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 3rd January 2024
Any truth & reconciliation commission that shies from exposing the true players who trained, armed and funded militancy in Sri Lanka as well as provide covert & overt support that led to the 3...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 16th November 2023
The Govt PR channels and clueless politicians are not surprisingly going to town about the magnanimous gesture about farmers getting deed ownership to lands that were given to them by the State as a...
Chartering Our Future / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 6th November 2023
අද ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ, රෝහණ විජේවීරගේ ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ නොවේ. එය 1972 සහ 1980 ගණන්වල කැරලිවලින් දිවිගලවා ගත් අයත් එකඟ වනු නොඅනුමානය. අද ඔවුන්ගෙන් බොහෝ දෙනෙක් කලකිරීමට පත්ව සිටිති, ඔවුන්ගේ ජීවිතයේ හොඳම කාලයඔවුන්ව...
Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties
by Shenali Waduge · Published 5th November 2023
The JVP-plugged NPP is not the JVP that Rohana Wijeweera created. The rank & file of those that survived insurrections in 1972 and 1980s will no doubt agree. Many of these today feel...
Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties
by Shenali Waduge · Published 20th October 2023
Some points highlighting the dangers to Sri Lanka’s national sovereignty is highlighted by Dr. Wasantha Bandara. The sinhala version of his article is attached. Dr. Wasantha claims 26 countries have been...