Sri Lankans must vote a Leader – Who is that Leader?
Without a doubt this is a crucial election. Sri Lanka is going to elect its 7th President who is also the Head of State and the Head of the Armed Forces. The President has...
Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Role of SL Govt / National Army / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 26th October 2019
Without a doubt this is a crucial election. Sri Lanka is going to elect its 7th President who is also the Head of State and the Head of the Armed Forces. The President has...
Ethno-Religious Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Sri Lanka Politics / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam
by Shenali Waduge · Published 21st October 2019
Who are the people tasked to listen to grievances? A government & its apparatus, society groups, the courts at local level and then at international levels – the UN, international organizations etc. These entities...
Colonial & Neo colonial / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of West & Alliances / West/Asian Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 19th September 2019
A growing number of citizens are becoming aware of the dangers to Sri Lanka’s sovereignty as a result of the MCC proposal together with SOFA & ACSA. They view this as unnecessarily putting Sri...
Continuing with the subject of land, one of the most important topics for Sri Lanka and its citizens, the Bim Saviya title registration is the present topic of discussion. How aware are the...
To answer that question, it is essential to first know how successful Mrs. B was in her foreign diplomacy and a comparison of the periods and scenarios during her rule and that which...
Crimes of the West / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 11th September 2019
Unknown to most Sri Lanka is facing unprecedented interferences most of which when known will be too late to reverse. Every aspect of danger centres on the periphery of land, its ownership...
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...
INGO-NGO issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / West/Asian Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 29th August 2019
They call themselves ‘civil society’ but how representative are they? Note how connected they all are and how they continue to open new ‘social movements’ with sugar-coated objectives… most have been around for decades...
Crimes of the West / INGO-NGO issues / Role of West & Alliances / Sri Lanka Politics / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 27th August 2019
No amount of promises to guard Sri Lanka’s sovereignty can hold water if at legislative & policy level changes are being drafted to suit a neo-liberal agenda that aspires to transfer all state assets...
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...