exactly. winning an election on a supremacy ride and genocide. but all humans suffer thier conscious. mahinda is facing tremondous pressure and pain to protect himself and family from the mess he has created. I am sure many in the close cirlces know where the government money and time are spent today. you cann see all the missions and visits simply a validation of this claim. so yes, thumbing victory with a worrysome future. to believe china 100%, I am not sure china will not be there too long if its interest is at stake, an example is Libya. stop dreaming and stop misleading the people that we are safe, ltte cancer is gone and with thes cancer, more 40,000 have been killed, after ltte is finished the true protection for tamils also disapperared. the recent tna meeting event shows exactly where sri lanka is going. also increasing intolerance towards minorities and twisting history lectures simply shows the ignorance sinhala budhist. what i am worried about is that who is next. sinhala budhist want a villain always – first muslims in 1900, then burgers, then tea estate tamils and sri lankan tamils and JVP. now what is next?

malays?? sinhala chritians???

What will be the position of SL nationals being prosecuted in other countries where they may have dual citizenship or Green Cards? US is not a siganotory to the Rome Convention but there are some circumstances where their citizens can be prosecuted for cruelty to other humans e.g Abhu Grail prison in Iraq where US prison wardens were prosecuted in US courts and convicted.

jansee and others who voice siilar concerns, as for your question in regards to particular countries having laws governing the prosecution of foreign individuals. I have not forgotten this, as some countries may have such laws, though it does not pertain to the question being asked here. The current system will not support such a prosecution. It would be up to individuals such as your self to take the impetus to change the system so such loopholes are removed.

Or to research a topic nearer home, and dearer ostensibly to the two leading candidates in the present election, was there any condemnation of Sri Lanka following the decision to disenfranchise plantation workers in following the grant of Independence and the first election in 1948, by bodies like the Commonwealth or the UN.

Would the writer please elaborate further with historic precedents..

It’s called politics.

Have you forgotten that some countries have laws to prosecute even foreign individuals if they have committed crimes against humanity? Surely you know why Robert Mugabe is hiding from the world? It is a matter of time that individuals in SL, too, would face the same situation.

Actually, you ought to be ashamed of yourself. Thousands of innocent civilians have died due to the recalcitrant attitude of both parties – the LTTE and the SL regime. I just can’t believe that instead of holding these butchers as criminals you people are talking about betraying the country. Whatever happened to the conscience and Buddhist philosophy? Where is the Dharma? Just remember this – there was a time not too long ago MR thought that it would be a breeze to win in an election but he would not have certainly bargained for what he is facing now. Is this a divine providence?