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(The Island – by Srinath Fernando)
It would be opportune to reflect on the nature and duties of a Cabinet Government in the wake of recent controversial remarks made by a Cabinet Minister followed by a fast unto death which eventually became the farce of the century. When a [...]
(Daily Mirror – by Dr.Dayan Jayathilake) Much of the contemporary political comment in Sri Lanka is on the tale of two constitutions, the country’s basic law and that of the main democratic opposition party, the UNP. The commentary is also characterised by a zero-sum perspective, revolving around the question of [...]
(Daily News – by Renton De Alwis) I like to think that I do dare to question conventional wisdom. That was a lesson my late father taught me. Not directly, but through a book he gave me for a birthday present for my fourteenth. He never gave me anything else but a [...]
(Daily Mirror – By Dr. Lakshman Marasinghe,Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.)
With reference to my Article which The Daily Mirror published yesterday ( 14th July) under the caption “ Some Random thoughts about the U.N. Advisory Panel”, my colleagues have asked me to explain how an Advisory opinion could [...]
(Daily News – by Prof Sisira Pinnawala)
Children when they play create a world that is make-believe. The parents who know that it is not the real thing pretend it is real so that the feelings of their children are not hurt. For the children it is not pretending for they really believe in it. Their’s [...]
(Sunday Observer – By Manjula Fernando)
Media Minister and Cabinet Spokesman Keheliya Rambukwella told the Sunday Observer that the cornerstone of the ongoing Government-Opposition talks on the proposed constitutional reforms is retaining the executive feature of the office of the head of state.
He says the Kilinochchi Cabinet meeting had a greater symbolic [...]
(The Island – By Col R Hariharan)
Though Sri Lanka finished the Eelam War in triumph a year back, its battle with the international community does not appear to be over. It was joined in right earnest last week when the maverick Sri Lankan minister and ‘revolutionary’ turned politician [...]
(Daily Mirror – by Malinda Senevirathne) Somewhere in the middle of the year 1987, I was present when a conversation took place between two friends, Kanishka Gunawardena (now the Director of the Programme in Planning, University of Toronto) and Asoka Hewage (presently the Principal, D.S. Senanayake College). Kanishka and I, quite [...]
(The Island – By Jehan Perera)
The media images last week of opposition UNP leaders being greeted by President Mahinda Rajapaksa and senior ministers of his government should send a reassuring message to the country and world at large. The message is that the politics of confrontation and acrimony [...]
(Daily Mirror – by M.S. M. Ayub) Politicians are a clever lot who can justify anything and everything they say and do. For instance, the leaders of the government including NFF leader Wimal Weerawansa who promised before the last Presidential Election and the Parliamentary election that the Executive Presidential governing system [...]
(Daily News – by Third eye) President Mahinda Rajapaksa speaking at the Royal College 175th anniversary wished Ranil Wickremesinghe a ‘happy Royalty for the rest of his life’. The President does not avail public platforms to air his political views and therefore it is only the President who would [...]
(Daily Mirror) Reports that President Mahinda Rajapaksa proposes to discuss constitutional reforms also with officials of the Election Commission should set the nation thinking. It is not just about shifting and changing from PR system to first-past-the-post scheme, or a new and more ‘representative model’. Instead, it should be about addressing [...]
“You are not getting my point. I ask, what happens if he dies? There are thousands in the Third World who die of starvation each day. Millions, each year — because they have nothing to eat.”
( Sri Lanka Guardian – by Gamini Weerakoon) Seated in his plush suite atop the glass [...]
(Daily Mirror – By Sandun A. Jayasekera after a tour in Kilinochchi)
Several historical and strategic factors contributed in the decision to hold the first ever cabinet meeting which was held outside Colombo at the Security Forces Headquarters at Kilinochchci situated near the Iranamadu tank, a senior armed forces officer said.
The holding of [...]
“I have walked the long walk of freedom. I have tried no to falter, I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret to that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a [...]
(Sunday Island – by Kumar David)
UN General Secretary Ban Ki Moon has called the bluff of the Rajapakse-Weerawansa mad-hatter’s road show by recalling UN ambassador Neil Buhne and closing down a UN Regional Coordination Centre in Colombo. Good; its time the international community showed some guts and stood [...]
(Sunday Observer – By Manjula Fernando)
Parliament itself should be based on an electoral system that encourages greater responsibility, with mechanisms apart from the electoral system to encourage ties between members and the constituencies they represent.
A distinguished political analyst and an expert on constitutional affairs Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha, MP [...]
(TC – by Tisaranee Gunasekara)
DELUSION, n. The father of a most respectable family, comprising Enthusiasm, Affection, Self-denial, Faith, Hope, Charity and many other goodly sons and daughters.” — Ambrose Bierce (The Devil’s Dictionary)
The prime target of Minister Wimal Weerawansa’s delusive fast was neither the UN nor its Secretary General, but the [...]
(Nation) Patriotism is good thing; in fact, a noble sentiment, they say. Countries such as Japan and South Korea, which was reduced to shambles during World War II, have risen from the ashes of death and destruction, like the proverbial Phoenix, to become economic tigers in Asia, thanks to [...]
(The Island – Dr. B.S. Wijeweera)
On 26 May 2001 the OPA, as an item in its annual sessions, presented a draft of a 17th Amendment to the Constitution for public consideration. The proposed draft was sent to all political parties, and no doubt it would have received due [...]
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