Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of Media / Sri Lanka Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 8th August 2020
This is in reply to the fearmongering article by Qadirjah Irshad titled “Sri Lanka PM claims landslide victory, strengthening Rajapakse family’s hand. The dynasty is accused of corruption & nepotism, and the result...
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by Shenali Waduge · Published 7th August 2020
JR, if alive, would be a very happy man. His constitution after 42 years saw a single party win a majority without going on bended knee to minority kingmakers. This victory is special...
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by Shenali Waduge · Published 6th August 2020
The People have spoken & given a victory that has surprised even the SLPP. The Voice of the People put to pieces any aspirations of a weak government fishing for frogs to cross over....
Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Role of West & Alliances / Sri Lanka Politics / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam / War on Terror / Separatism
by Shenali Waduge · Published 5th August 2020
GoSL cannot pooh pooh the issue any longer. We have on the one hand a terrorist group continuing efforts to revive terrorism & we have another set of Tamil politicians who wish to separate...
Chartering Our Future / Political Parties / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 4th August 2020
Losing another election will not mean anything much to Ranil Wickremasinghe UNP’s leader since 1994, but the thought of departing from politics branded as a traitor to the Nation is nothing any UNP...
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by Shenali Waduge · Published 2nd August 2020
Have we learnt lessons? Don Juan Dharmapala not only baptized himself but even gifted Lanka to the Portuguese. Rajasinghe II learnt a bitter lesson when he thought the Dutch was better than the Portuguese...
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by Shenali Waduge · Published 30th July 2020
The main argument to support the MCC Land Project is that technology will put an end to land problems & Sri Lanka will be on par with countries using advanced technologies. These countries are...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 26th July 2020
Sri Lanka has almost completed the E-Land Register.Do we need MCC funds with demands that require constitutional changes?This supposed ‘gift’ comes with a set of conditions & pre-conditions that even warrants the MCC...
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by Shenali Waduge · Published 25th July 2020
On 29 July 1987 India forced Sri Lanka to sign what became known as the Indo-Lanka Peace Accord that led to the deployment of Indian Peace Keepers. Part of that Accord also...
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by Shenali Waduge · Published 24th July 2020 · Last modified 25th July 2020
There is much controversy over East Terminal of Colombo Port with India & Japan claiming that a Memorandum of Cooperation signed in May 2019 with the previous Government, binds the present government from giving...
