Comments on: NORMALISING THE EXCEPTION: THE STATE OF EMERGENCY IN PEACETIME https://groundviews.org/2009/05/30/normalising-the-exception-the-state-of-emergency-in-peacetime/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=normalising-the-exception-the-state-of-emergency-in-peacetime Journalism for Citizens Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:38:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 By: davidson panabokke https://groundviews.org/2009/05/30/normalising-the-exception-the-state-of-emergency-in-peacetime/#comment-6915 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:38:36 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=1255#comment-6915 This government implements the sixth amendment more than 100% – it’ll weed out the slightest intention of separatism.

But that very act is seed for making unity unacceptable.

All what has been happening is only crushing any resistance to oppression – be it 1956 or 2006 – without the slightest change in bureaucratic oppression.

]]> By: kichchi https://groundviews.org/2009/05/30/normalising-the-exception-the-state-of-emergency-in-peacetime/#comment-6556 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:17:04 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=1255#comment-6556 The price of tea goes up when the price of sugar goes up. But the price of tea does not come down when the price of sugar comes down. Likewise the power that accumulates continues to accumulate whether it is wanted or not.

Everyone wants MORE power. None are prepared to reduce their power.

THE MORE THE MERRIER

]]> By: punitham https://groundviews.org/2009/05/30/normalising-the-exception-the-state-of-emergency-in-peacetime/#comment-6551 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:48:54 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=1255#comment-6551 Justice in retreat: A report on the independence of the legal profession and the rule of law in Sri Lanka(IBAHRI, May 2009):
”This deficiency in the provision of legal aid means that some members of Sri Lankan society, particularly those of Tamil ethnicity, are unprotected within the criminal justice system. We are alarmed by these reports, as it is precisely those individuals whose cases fall within the PTA and the ER who are most at risk of a conviction resulting from a trial process that tilts heavily in favour of the prosecution,….. ”

]]> By: punitham https://groundviews.org/2009/05/30/normalising-the-exception-the-state-of-emergency-in-peacetime/#comment-6547 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:29:51 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=1255#comment-6547 Justice in retreat: A report on the independence of the legal profession and the rule of law in Sri Lanka(IBAHRI 2009):

‘’Many of the problems identified in the 2001 IBAHRI Report continue to affect the independence of the legal profession and the rule of law in Sri Lanka and in some respects the situation has deteriorated significantly. …. ”

]]> By: punitham https://groundviews.org/2009/05/30/normalising-the-exception-the-state-of-emergency-in-peacetime/#comment-6546 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:18:37 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=1255#comment-6546 Justice in retreat: A report on the independence of the legal profession and the rule of law in Sri Lanka(International Bar association human Rights Centre May 2009):

” The IBAHRI was, however, heartened that all of the government representatives it met with acknowledged that these extraordinary legislative and regulatory provisions are ‘exceptional’ measures which are intended to be repealed as soon as the armed conflict is over.”

The government thinks that the armed conflict is not over till the last (imagined) ”Tiger” is weeded out from behind trees or bushes or grass which is going to be eternity for those IDPs in the camps not only in Vavuniya but also in Vaharai, Valvettithurai and Vidathaltheevu.

Sri Lanka’s expert damage control exercise can never be beaten by anybody in this world.

]]> By: KING Dutugemunu https://groundviews.org/2009/05/30/normalising-the-exception-the-state-of-emergency-in-peacetime/#comment-6522 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:12:14 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=1255#comment-6522 Thank you Publius,
Can you Pl. write this in Sinhala for the sake of our sisters/brothers who light crackers on the street and feed kiribath to by passer by force? ( but pl. be careful not to be named as an enemy of teh state soon)

The Trojan horse they so gladly welcome is creating a Zimbabwe and Myanmar put together in the (once?)Theravadica Dammadeepa

]]> By: Nathan https://groundviews.org/2009/05/30/normalising-the-exception-the-state-of-emergency-in-peacetime/#comment-6464 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:51:58 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=1255#comment-6464 Amen to what is said by Anointed One.
Wait for the presidential election which will be announced sooner than later.
The absolute power has corrupted absolutely.

]]> By: Anointed One https://groundviews.org/2009/05/30/normalising-the-exception-the-state-of-emergency-in-peacetime/#comment-6400 Sat, 30 May 2009 16:00:49 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=1255#comment-6400 The fascist State has come home to roost!

This is the price that Sinhalese intellectuals must pay for letting the war-hawks run the civil service!

Did they really think because the LTTE went away, those in power would turn the other cheek?

Au contraire! The tyrant’s grip on power has only been solidified! Rajapakse ltd. is now a monopoly!

I hope the kiri-buth parties & Lion-flag parties were good, because their won’t be much else to celebrate for a longggg time!

In fact, I suggest the remaining intellectuals take their exit visas and leave now!

]]> By: Jack Point https://groundviews.org/2009/05/30/normalising-the-exception-the-state-of-emergency-in-peacetime/#comment-6392 Sat, 30 May 2009 07:04:10 +0000 http://www.groundviews.org/?p=1255#comment-6392 I waiting to see how long before someone raised this point.

I think we may take it as a given that these emergency powers will be with us in the long term. It would be interesting to review the constitution on the assumption that these powers would be permanent features and also to contrast the remaining rights in the constitution with the constitutions of our near neighbours in the subcontinent.

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