Courtesy of The Island)

By Neville Ladduwahetty

With the recommendation by the Consultation Task Force on Reconciliation Mechanisms that a hybrid Court should conduct investigations into alleged violations committed during the conflict in Sri Lanka, the controversy as to the …

They say ‘people in glass houses should not throw stones’ if JVP has no business to talk about human rights the UNP does not either. Both their track records will reveal and remind citizens of the horrors they experienced under …

By Malinda Senevirathna

R. Sampanthan is the Leader of the Opposition. He is also the Senior-Most Citizen of Tamil Nationalism. Some might demand that the ‘Nationalism’ descriptive is incorrect, but let’s leave it at that. It’s a new year, after …

When terrorism is funded and supported by external factors, when we know politicians, political parties are influenced to bring about regime change assisted by external players, when we know heads of foreign-bankrolled NGOs are foot soldiers for foreign agendas and …

By Gomin Dayasiri

(BY Courtesy Daily Mirror)

Is Sri Lanka ready to cash in on the trends created by the populist political tsunamis sweeping around the world? Tectonic shifts in voting patterns began to dominate democracies with the arrival of …

by Ananda Ariyarathne

( Courtesy of  Sri Lanka Guardian)

Sri Lanka may be the unique example for a ‘majority’ being turned into a ‘voiceless entity’ within the nation’s own borders. Although they, the Sinhalese, make up 75 per cent of …

Courtesy of The Sunday Times

If a new Constitution will allow secessionist objectives to be realized the majority in this country will reject such a new Constitution or even an amendment to the present Constitution that would encourage the secession …

H. L. D. Mahindapala

Part of the crisis we are facing today was caused by either deliberately hiding the realities of history, or by political activists distorting it to suit expedient politics and partisan ideologies. Distorted history indeed played a …

Shenali D Waduge

“We do not need enemies when we have Sinhala politicians bellowing at each other in Parliament and in cuckoo land not bothered about what is taking place while they are at each other’s throats to come into …

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. …