13A is not about police or land powers, it is only about power. The question is, power for whom & under what conditions. 13A came subsequent to the signing of the Indo-Lanka Accord in 1987. Both were acts of aggression. …

The Executive Committee of the National Joint Committee  had issued a  press release highlighting  in detailed the adverse impact if Federalism based 13th Amendment  implemented  in its full scale.

For the last over 35 years Sri Lankan  governments did not …

A group patriots consist of Buddhists priests, professionals and academics have issued a joint press release against the full implementation of federal 13th Amendment of Sri Lankan Constitution by the President Wickramasinghe.

The 13A was enacted by Sri Lankan government …

Over 80% of land belongs to the State while some 14% land are privately owned land. There are some facts that need to be made clear.

State Land & State Land given to Provinces

Appendix 1 of the 13^th…

The US, UK, EU, and Canada seem to be eternally parroting the need for an inclusive society, and so too are the UN and its associated organisations, while the Western-salaried non-governmental organisations (NGOs), international NGOs, and civil society also …

The Tamil politicians and the LTTE Diaspora may blow hot & cold, spend lavishly on propaganda projecting Sinhalese as discriminating them, committing war crimes & stoop so low as to claim genocide, but the truth of the matter is that …

13^th Amendment was signed on 14 Nov 1987. Sri Lanka had several choices over the years – it could have used 2/3 majority in Parliament to annul it altogether or it could have brought amendments that would have negated …

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has called all parties to get together and solve what he calls the ‘ethnic-problem’ that has remained ‘unresolved’ for decades. Meanwhile, parties that claim to represent ‘Tamil interests’ have put forward a set of demands:

a) stop …

Sri Lanka gained independence in 1948 mainly on the back of Japan’s resounding military victories during the Second World War and the Indian independence struggle.

The importance of the overthrow of Western colonial powers in Asia by freedom fighters supported …

The Mahinda Rajapakse government sought the legal opinion of a group of distinguished international legal luminaries who have been involved in war tribunals and who knew the laws related to conflicts. Reading these expert opinions against the PoE and the …