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There are several foreseen dangers as influence is exerted from multiple quarters to change, rather dilute the present Constitution. No constitution is 100% perfect and no constitution can cater to the demands or even aspirations of all of its citizens…

December 2016, a bus-van collision led to the deaths of 11 Sinhalese travelling to Chavakachcheri, North Sri Lanka. The incident has become an excellent eyeopener ahead of the end of the year and before the beginning of a new year…

The ISGA (Interim Self Governing Authority) was proposed by globally proscribed terrorists in October 2003 for power sharing of merged NorthEast province. The proposal was titled “Proposal by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on behalf of the Tamil people for an..

By Shivanthi Ranasinghe (Courtesy of Ceylon Today) Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe expressed his regret for the Jaffna Library’s destruction in 1982. Though many misconstrued his expressed regret as an apology, very few commended him for it. This is because the..

Efforts to tweak Sri Lanka’s constitution is nothing new. Several mischievous attempts had been made to dilute the sovereignty of Sri Lanka by creating issues, hyping these to levels where solutions had been to dilute the sovereignty. Language issue was..

Iraq military intervention was based on lies. So too was the invasion in Afghanistan, no different was the balkanization of Yugoslavia and the creation of a bogus independent state of Kosovo and later South Sudan. Liberating Libya has left Gaddafi..

By Malinda Seneviratne Dayan Jayatilleka has made some pertinent points regarding conflict resolution and the seemingly vexed issue of Tamil grievances/aspirations and relief sought in an article titled ‘Constitution-making and the North-South political cycle’. I have an issue withe the..

The People of Sri Lanka did not ask for a new constitution so to whose desire or benefit are we making a new constitution? A Constitution cannot be an experiment especially by political appointees who have overlooked historical facts and ground realities..

by Neville Ladduwahetty This is in reference to Mr. Martz’s article cited above (Sunday Island, November 27, 2016). Referring to my article titled “Need to rebrand SL conflict” (The Island, 21 and 24, October 2016) Mr. Martz states: “He criticizes..

By Kelum Bandara (Courtesy of Daily Mirror) When the six sub-committees submitted their reports with proposals for constitution-making on different subjects, it was thought that the process would progress. Yet, it has proven otherwise, as the process has hit a..