Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 19th July 2022
Right to Reject is an alternative to the Right to Recall that is currently being proposed. Right to Reject happens prior to candidates entering Parliament while Right to Recall is a system after...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / INGO-NGO issues / International Issues / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 18th July 2022
In April 2021, Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapakse banned chemical fertilizer. The decision was sudden & no one really knew who advised the President. It now emerges that the President was advised by...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Ethno-Religious Issues / INGO-NGO issues / International Issues / Political Parties / Role of SL Govt / National Army / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 17th July 2022
Democracy is all about electing people to office as people’s representatives. However, people have to put up with them until their term is complete to change them. Either there has to be a mechanism...
Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Role of India / Role of Media / Role of SL Govt / National Army / Role of West & Alliances / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 13th July 2022
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...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 9th July 2022
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 &...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Political Parties / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 7th July 2022
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...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 7th July 2022
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...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 6th July 2022
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...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 4th July 2022
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....
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Role of Media / Sri Lanka Politics / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 3rd July 2022
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...
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