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Politics and Governance

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Month
Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Politics and Governance

For a Change-Making 21st Amendment

The president has removed the presentation of the 21st Amendment to the constitution from the list of items to be tabled at the cabinet meeting on May 23. However discussions on the…

Basil Fernando Basil Fernando on 05/23/202205/23/2022
#GotaGoHome, Constitutional Reform, Corruption, Economy, Politics and Governance

Sri Lanka in the Chalk Circle

“Without gas, without kerosene oil, we can’t do anything. Last option what? Without food we are going to die. That will happen hundred percent.” Mohammad Shazly a part-time chauffer, Colombo (Reuters –…

Tisaranee Gunasekara Tisaranee Gunasekara on 05/22/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

The Future of the Aragalaya

Hettige Lenin once remarked that there are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen. Much more than a decade passed last week at Galle Face. Beginning with Mahinda Rajapaksa’s desperate…

Uditha Devapriya Uditha Devapriya on 05/22/202205/22/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Reconciliation, Transitional Justice

Questions of Justice and Accountability

As videos of helicopters taking off in the early hours of Tuesday May 10 appeared on social media, rumours swirled that some members of the Rajapaksa family had fled Colombo. While the…

Mirak Raheem Mirak Raheem on 05/21/202205/21/2022
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

PTA Amendment Bill: A Facade for Backdoor Human Right Violations?

Counterterrorism and protecting human rights has been a long standing dichotomy on a global scale. The same fate was experienced in the Sri Lankan context with the civil war and internal insurrections.…

Sajini Wickramasinghe Sajini Wickramasinghe on 05/20/202205/20/2022
Colombo, Memorialisation, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Transitional Justice, War Crimes

From Mullivaikkal to Nakba and Ballymurphy, Truth is the First Victim

Sri Lanka is grappling with its worst economic crisis since its independence in 1948. But amid this serious economic situation, Tamils on the island and around there world are going to commemorate…

Thamil Ananthavinayagan Thamil Ananthavinayagan on 05/18/202205/18/2022
Colombo, Economy, Pandemic, Politics and Governance, Poverty

Rescuing the Poor from the Economic Abyss

At a small grocery store, an elderly man pointed at a particular packet of biscuits and asked what the price was – it was Rs.70. The man asked if there were biscuits…

Dilshani Ranawaka Dilshani Ranawaka on 05/16/202205/17/2022
Colombo, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

SWRD and The Poisoned Well Of Nationalism

I was introduced to the existence of a publicly shared negative attitude towards S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike for the first time at a book launch in Colombo several years ago. The author had decided…

Devika Brendon Devika Brendon on 05/15/202205/15/2022
Colombo, Human Rights, justice, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Post-War, War Crimes

The Tamil Struggle, the Aragalaya and Sri Lankan Identity

May 18, 2009. The end of the war. Of the many horrific visuals of the end of the war the one that is etched in my memory is of people crossing the…

Ambika Satkunanathan Ambika Satkunanathan on 05/15/202205/15/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Politics and Governance

In Search of a National Government

My favourite politician, Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, tweeted a few days ago on her preferred course of action for the way out of the present mess we find ourselves in. “Ok, let’s talk…

Alvin Sallay Alvin Sallay on 05/15/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

GotaGoGama, Galle Face and the Youth

“Country is facing one of the most difficult and challenging economic, political and socially decisive times in its history…Government has erred by banning use of chemical fertilizer and not going for a…

Chandrasena Maliyadde Chandrasena Maliyadde on 05/14/2022
#GoHomeGota, #GotaGoHome, Colombo, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

The Difference We Long For

A few days ago, a Buddhist monk and two Christian priests were beaten up opposite the official residence of the prime minister of the country. They were among more than 30 peaceful…

Bishop Duleep de Chickera Bishop Duleep de Chickera on 05/14/202205/14/2022
Colombo, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

A Schizoid Political Culture

Attackers roaring obscenities, screams of victims, the thunk of metal poles on defenceless humans and the crack of smashed protester shelters all combined to almost drown out the Bhikkus’ serene chanting of…

Lakshman Gunasekara Lakshman Gunasekara on 05/14/202205/14/2022
#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

Is the Aragalaya Checkmated?

Ranil Wickremesinghe, in his first interview as the new prime minister, said he would protect the GotaGoGama site while Army Commander Shavendra Silva said that if the protesters were not violent they…

Shreen Saroor Shreen Saroor on 05/13/202205/13/2022

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