Sri Lanka does not belong to the Sinhalese only. There is nothing called a Sinhala country. Not even the Constitution calls Sri Lanka a Sinhala country. There are Tamils, Muslims, Athiests, Agnostics, Christians, Veddhas who live here. So how can it be an exclusive Sinhala country? As Amartya Sen says in the same vein ” How can India be a Hindu country when there are Muslims, Christians etc who also live there.

The majority is Sinhalese but that does not make us a Sinhala country. It is a Sinhala majority country but not an exclusive Sinhala country.
Before the Indian settlers arrived in Sri Lanka this island was inhabited by the veddhas.

There are those in the UNP who can adopt the Sinhalese view as well while respecting the views of minorities. There are reforms envisaged in the UNP. If the reforms go through the UNP can increase its vote base.
When Sarath Fonseka contested the UNP increased its vote base. We may see a similar situation in future.
Ranil W is an internationalist. He would make a good Foreign Minister. He has the West on his side.

The popularity of this Government will decline during the next six years. The economic woes are increasing as the war victory fades. That is why the Government is sending its people all over the world in a bid to mend relations with the West and get economic aid such as the GSP plus.

The Government is still to change the Constitution. It needs the two thirds which it did not get at the election. The 13 amendment is still a part of the Constitution. So let us wait and see.

However, for all of those people on this site, who might actually believe a modicum of the nonsense, represented by this voice, I would like to say that the Sinhala country is ONLY IN YOUR MIND. And the mind, as the Buddha said, is a very powerful thing, Control your mind, control you self.

The people of this still beautiful island (I’ve been to many places in the world and will continue to affirm the beauty of its landscape) are a very mixed and unfortunately (because there are other places where this richness might have been a cause for celebration), mixed-up, as in CONFUSED, people – originating from waves of Indian and other immigrants, with a strong sprinkling of Vedda heritage. And who knows where the latter came from? If there are oceans and canoes, people will travel.

The fact that these mixed and mixed-up people believe (read LIE to themselves) that they are Sinhalese, Tamil, Muslim or Burgher and therfore have or have not a special claim to this land is an accident of history and a legacy of IGNORANCE. We might tolerate this ignorance from rural people living in remote hamlets of the interior of this land. However, it is high time that this ignorance is eliminated from the minds of people who can access the internet and live in the 21st century.

But for all those on this site, who believe a modicum of the nonsense represented in this voice (whatever the motivation for its presence here) the Sinhala country is ONLY IN YOUR MIND. And the mind, as the Buddha said, is a very powerful thing. Control your mind, control your self.

The people of this still beautiful island (and I’ve been in many places in the world and will affirm it despite all what we’ve gone through in the last 25 years) are a very mixed and unfortunately (although it does not have to be that way, since there are others who might celebrate this richness) mixed-up, as in CONFUSED people, originating from waves of Indian and other immigrants with a strong sprinkling of Vedda heritage – and who knows where the latter came from? As long as there are oceans and canoes, people travel.

The fact that some people came to believe themselves (read LIE to themselves) as Sinhalese, Tamils, Muslims or Burghers and therefore have or not have a special claim on the land is merely an accident of history and a legacy of IGNORANCE. We might tolerate this kind of ignorance from rural people living in remote hamlets in the interior of the country, but it is high time it is eliminated from the minds of people who can access the internet and are living in the 21st century.

and like you say all people have equal rights but there is a difference between equal rights and rights to self determination

Positions of power can change over a period of time. It may not take six years.
You cannot run a country with majority backing only (you can do so for awhile). Ranil W has the backing of minorities and a segment of the Sinhalese. What he has to do is increase his support base amongst the Sinhalese. If he cannot do that there are others in the UNP who can do that.
The UNP has initiated reforms so let us wait and see.

illegal immigrants/kalathoni squatters and dutch/British imported tobacoo/tea leaf pluckers – the above are citizens of this country and have rights under the Constitution. The same rights as us. It does not matter from where they came from. They are not second class citizens by any means.

The President of this country is for all Sri Lankans and not just for the Sinhalese.
The President is a President elected under the Constitution. Sri Lanka is not a monarchy now. So how can an elected President be a King?

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IS THIS ARTICLE A MACHINE TRANSLATION FORM TAMIL TO ENGLISH?