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Author: Harim Peiris

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Colombo, Economy, International Relations, Politics and Governance

Victoria Nuland Calls Chinese Bluff on Sri Lanka Debt Relief

The US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Victoria Nuland, visited Sri Lanka last week and dominating her agenda with the government was the core issue of restructuring the government’s foreign…

Harim Peiris Harim Peiris on 02/08/2023
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Development, Economy, Elections, Politics and Governance

Elections Are the Only Way Forward

Verité Research The young Sri Lankan cricket team has done the impossible and beaten the powerful Australian cricket team several times in the shorter formats of the game, giving Sri Lankans some…

Harim Peiris Harim Peiris on 06/24/202206/24/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Economy, Politics and Governance

Need for Parallel Political and Economic Reforms

There is a fallacy being promoted by the reconstituted Rajapaksa regime that political reforms such as the proposed 21st Amendment are not really necessary or at least have already occurred through the change…

Harim Peiris Harim Peiris on 06/08/202206/11/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Politics and Governance

The Inverted October Coup

The president of Sri Lanka, sensing the serious frustration of the electorate at non-performance, sacks his prime minister and swears in another prime minister. The former prime minister was reinstated but even…

Harim Peiris Harim Peiris on 05/14/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

The Need of the Hour: A Nelson Mandela

Sri Lanka’s economic meltdown requires urgent remedial measures and the political impasse created by a president and his administration, which both refuse to either take responsibility or credibly effect corrective policy measures,…

Harim Peiris Harim Peiris on 05/11/202205/12/2022
Colombo, Politics and Governance

A Divided Government Loses its Two Thirds Majority

Last week witnessed the coming to the fore of the deep divisions within the governing alliance as President Gotabaya Rajapaksa sacked two Cabinet Ministers, Wimal Weerawansa and Udaya Gammanpilla, and laid bare…

Harim Peiris Harim Peiris on 03/10/202203/10/2022
Colombo, Easter Sunday Terrorist Attacks, Human Rights, International Relations, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA)

The PTA and Defending the Human Rights of a Sovereign People

The onset of the bi-annual sessions of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), in which Sri Lanka features prominently on the agenda through UNHRC Resolution 46/1, contributes to several local activities.…

Harim Peiris Harim Peiris on 03/03/202203/03/2022
Colombo, Easter Sunday Terrorist Attacks, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Religion and faith

Catholic Church Demands Justice for Easter Sunday Attacks

The latest drama in the long running saga of the Easter Sunday bombings was the sudden arrest by the CID and subsequent release by the Magistrate’s Court of social activist and Easter…

Harim Peiris Harim Peiris on 02/17/202202/17/2022
Colombo, Development, Economy, Politics and Governance

All Shock and No Therapy for Hapless Population

Guardian A nation was promised vistas of prosperity and splendor and about 6.9 million voters opted for it, subsequently providing a two third parliamentary majority to implement the vision. A little over…

Harim Peiris Harim Peiris on 02/02/202202/02/2022
Colombo, Human Rights, International Relations, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, Reconciliation

Failing to Defend the Indefensible in Geneva

Currently as the UN General Assembly (UNGA) sessions proceed in New York, the real action is at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, where the conduct of the Sri Lankan…

Harim Peiris Harim Peiris on 09/23/2021
Colombo, Politics and Governance

A Cabinet Reshuffle for a Much Needed Course Correction

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, approximately a third of the way into his term of office, carried out the most significant mid term cabinet reshuffle in recent Sri Lankan political history. The closest in…

Harim Peiris Harim Peiris on 08/18/202108/18/2021
Colombo, Politics and Governance

Internal Dissent and Increasing Opposition to the Port City Bill

Aluth avurudu is generally a relaxed period in the country where most people spend time with family following various traditions. But the SLPP/Rajapaksa Administration upended this situation and in the pre-avurudu period…

Harim Peiris Harim Peiris on 04/20/202104/20/2021
Colombo, Politics and Governance

SJB Charts a Clear Alternative National Security Policy

Subsequent to the recent release of the report of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry on the Easter Attacks and after the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva had passed a resolution…

Harim Peiris Harim Peiris on 04/01/2021
Colombo, Human Rights, International Relations, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

Changing the Human Rights Discourse

As the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) winds its way in Geneva, it is now almost certain that the country specific resolution on Sri Lanka, presented by the…

Harim Peiris Harim Peiris on 03/16/202103/16/2021
Colombo, Diplomacy, Foreign Relations, Politics and Governance

Mike Pompeo Seeks to Stop Sri Lanka’s Slide to China

US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, was in Sri Lanka last week as part of his Asian tour that included regional power India as well as the Maldives. Coincidently his visit came…

Harim Peiris Harim Peiris on 11/03/202011/03/2020

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