"LTTE in Toronto continued to attack Sri Lankan related establishments in Toronto Canada. Even the oldest Buddhist temple was attacked and a popular Sri Lankan restaurant...", from the memoirs of Bandula Jayasekera
The SLFP has sought to justify its decision to join a national government by claiming that the two main parties should work together if the country is to achieve progress. Its MPs do not necessarily have to savour power for this objective to be achieved. The SLFP can extend conditional support to the UNP for the sake of the country without asking for ministerial posts.
Mangala says, "You are all aware that soon after the end of the conflict in 2009, the previous Government did two important things: One, the Government made a Joint Statement with the United Nations at the conclusion of the UN Secretary-General’s visit to Sri Lanka in May where it undertook, on behalf of the people of this country, to take ...
"In the past, Sri Lanka did not work with the sponsors of the Resolutions but lobbied HRC members to vote against the Resolutions that were tabled by the sponsors. Matters cannot be resolved in this mannear through divisive approaches," Foreign Ministry says.
Before assuming his State Department post, Mr. Malinowski had spent more than 10 years as the head of the Washington office for Human Rights Watch, and there he was a principled opponent of CIA detentions and interrogations. In frequent, often thoughtful, commentary, he routinely characterized U.S. behavior as torture.
Tom Malinowski, "The important thing is that there be a judicial process that is credible to the people of Sri Lanka and to the international community..... It has to be led by people who are trusted by the minority community and it should have some degree of international involvement..."
As published in economictimes.indiatimes.com, August 31, 2015 Returning to power in 1980, the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had considered a military strike on Pakistan’s nuclear installations to prevent it from acquiring weapons capabilities, a declassified CIA document has claimed. Such a consideration by the then Indian Prime Minister was being made when the US […]
"The mixed signals that Obama is sending with his energy and climate policies are truly baffling," she added. "It's been frustrating to watch him say eloquent, inspiring words about addressing climate change, and then to watch him betray those words with his actions."
The Tamil United Liberation Front very strongly objected to the claim of the Ilangai Tamil Arasu Kadchi that the office of the Leader of the Opposition, should be given to the ITAK.
It is sad that the country lost a dynamic leader who was so result oriented and had the vision to spread the development of the economy throughout the country by taking the industries to the villages and providing jobs to rural youth, which resulted in the reduction in poverty levels among the rural community.
Among the 106-member ruling United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) parliamentary group elected at this week’s general election were over 20 members belonging to constituent parties
One may have thought that political polygamy which the country witnessed during the last seven months or so was a short-lived phenomenon and the country would have a separate Opposition after a general election. But, one is disappointed. Polygamy has come to stay if the unfolding political drama is anything to go by.
If anybody can be described as the ‘face’ of this parliamentary election, it is former president Mahinda Rajapaksa. Not only is his likeness displayed on the posters pamphlets and other election material of the candidates of the UPFA, the UNP and the JVP also direct all their attacks at him. Thus, Mahinda Rajapaksa is the pivot around which this election revolves.
If one knew nothing of the record of the United National Party (UNP) and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), one might be amazed at how aggressively their candidates in the November 17 presidential election (2005) are competing on public education.
The people of Sri Lanka have spoken, both on Jan. 08, and now on August 17. The North has backed the TNA while the South has supported the UNF and the UPFA to varying degrees. The country has apparently returned to the politics of the 1960s, with the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi (ITAK) holding the balance of power.
The Island Editorial, August 21, 2015 The National List (NL) mechanism was created to help eminent persons enter Parliament without contesting elections which they detest. But, sadly, it continues to be abused to appoint defeated candidates to the national legislature. Those who vote for a particular political party at parliamentary polls, endorse its NL. Therefore, […]
As published in Ada Derana, August 20, 2015 Sri Lanka is moving past its history of ethnic strife and seeking to emulate Singapore, Hong Kong and Dubai as one of the region’s premier trading and financial hubs, Harsha De Silva told Bloomberg. “Our focus entirely is going to be on creating the most competitive economy […]
The UNP-led United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) emerged victorious at Monday’s general election. The UNFGG received a tremendous boost through President Maithripala Sirisena’s merciless assault on his predecessor, Mahinda Rajapaksa, who earned the former SLFP General Secretary’s wrath for seeking premiership in the next government. Both President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe called for a continuation ...