Personal page and articles by J C Weliamuna
Can anti-corruption campaigners justify impeachment of the Chief Justice?
Photo courtesy PressTV There was much publicity given in state media, run by a group of well-known hate campaigners, that...
Continue reading »Impeachment of Sri Lanka’s Chief Justice: An Unconstitutional Witch-hunt
Image courtesy AFP and via The Express Tribune The Rajapaksha Regime, through its parliamentarians, handed over an impeachment motion to...
Continue reading »Understanding Sri Lankan Version of Elections: A New Dimension
Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters courtesy Christian Science Monitor Another round of elections has been fixed and the country is turned...
Continue reading »Surrendering Airwaves & Liberty to Nepotism
TRC Spectrum Management website Frequency Allocation- A Grand Corruption? Understanding the State capture by Kleptocrats does not require a dedicated...
Continue reading »Discovering the White Van in a Troubled Democracy: An analysis of ongoing “abduction blueprint” in Sri Lanka
The author demonstrating in Colombo against white van abductions. Photo courtesy Vikalpa. In a country that has achieved so much...
Continue reading »Judicial Intervention to Control Lawful Rallies: Subverting democratic rights
Photo courtesy JDS An Analysis on recent court orders obtained by Police to restrain meetings & rallies in Sri Lanka...
Continue reading »Can GOSL Implement LLRC Recommendations?
Photo credit Ada Derana This is the question of the day. This is raised nationally and internationally and answers contrast for...
Continue reading »Examinations Department should pass the Integrity Test
Image courtesy Asian Mirror Basic Questions to Answer In the late 1970s, a Deputy Commissioner of Examinations was prosecuted for...
Continue reading »Extravagance veiled as National Pride: Brief analysis of Corrupt Public Expenditure in Sri Lanka
Lessons from China or Tunisia? Just few months ago, in response to a public outcry for more accountability and transparency...
Continue reading »Peace, Military and People: Are non-military engagements of the military valid?
Sri Lankan Army selling vegetables. Photo: Ministry of Defence – Sri Lanka War or internal armed conflict in the North and...
Continue reading »Lifting of Emergency: Exposing the Sham Exercise
Photo credit AP Author is a Human Rights & Constitutional Lawyer, Eisenhower Fellow, Senior Ashoka Fellow Much has been said...
Continue reading »Modern Dictatorships through the Mirror: Time for us to be Conscious
In legal and political literature, the term ‘dictatorship’ includes authoritarianism and is synonymous with traditional terms such as absolutism, absolute...
Continue reading »Looking at Sangakkara’s speech from governance perspective
Image courtesy World Cup Cricket 2011 Photos The former Cricket captain Kumar Sangakkara, in his great Sir Colin Cowdrey speech...
Continue reading »Killing and State Intervention into a Funeral: A New Form of Suppressing Liberty in Sri Lanka
Crime of “Dissent” & of Murder Killing of Roshen Shanaka Ratnasekara, a factory worker in the Free Trade Zone (FTZ),...
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