Senaka Weeraratna, Attorney – at – Law

Sri Lanka’s Constitution must be connected to its heritage and history.   It is a national shame for a country that proudly boasts of a 2, 500 year old history and had won the …

For India and Sri Lanka, the presence of China and the fall of Rajapaksa mean that the relationships have to be recalibrated.

Nowhere in South Asia has democracy been so unpredictable as in Sri Lanka. Six weeks before the election …

J.R.Jayewaradane will sigh a relief and break into a wry smile if he finds his constitution is dislodged. As it is, he may have to live with it – a life after death. Shove altogether now, but presidency keeps bobbing …

By Izeth Hussain

(Courtesy of The Island)

The situation on the ethnic front seems to be very confused, but we can be certain, absolutely certain, on one point: the solution to the Tamil ethnic problem stares us in the …

By Sarojini Dutt

Reportedly hatching plans behind embassy walls, the US – Indian axis executed a major coup in South Asia when it dented China’s influence in the region with the defeat of the Rajapakse Presidency in Sri Lanka on …

What the international experts say (5)

(Courtesy of The Island)

Desmond de Silva QC

Finally, the government was alleged to have deprived civilians in the conflict zone from receiving necessary humanitarian aid.  This allegation is based on the fact that …

Lessons in strategy from an overlooked victory

How to win a civil war in a globalized world where insurgents skillfully exploit offshore resources? With most conflicts now being such wars, this is a question many governments are trying to answer. …

Attorney – at – Law

In the light of the proposed changes to the Constitution of Sri Lanka now under consideration and growing accusations of contrived attempts via the proposed new Article 33 to neutralize the applicability of Article 9 …

by M.L.WICKRAMASINGHE

The amending of Constitutions is a rare and serious activity. For example, the Constitution of the United States of America has had only 27 amendments for about 225 years. In Sri Lanka the 1978 Constitution has had …

Democracy and democratic systems cannot be based on a history conveniently interpreted to be read from Doctrine of Discovery onwards denying the civilizational histories and indigenous governing and legal systems that prevailed. Thus, the Buddhist foundation that powered governance and …