By Dr.Vickramabahu Karunaratne The main concern of the recent democratic uprising in Lanka has been on how to halt the presidential authoritarianism or constitutional dictatorship. It was NSSP that was first to show the defective character of the presidential system, introduced in 1978, Feb. 4th. We appealed to all democratic forces to participate in a …

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by Ishara Mudugamuwa Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Parliamentarians do not stand for a separate state. Their purpose is to ensure fair and equal treatment for Tamils, said Housing and Samurdhi Minister Sajith Premadasa. Minister Premadasa said some politicians make allegations against the TNA claiming that they supported President Maithripala Sirisena during the Presidential election to …

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By Malik Gunatilleke Former Army Commander General Sarath Fonseka last week revealed what he branded the “untold story” of the final Eelam War against the LTTE between 2006 and 2009. His account detailed the challenges the military faced both from the terrorists as well as the Government. In a presentation delivered at The Kingsbury last …

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(Text of Press Release Issued by the Office of the Prime Minister on March 10, 2015) Urgent Attention of the Government has been drawn in to the different opinions expressed regarding the Treasury Bond issue which was declared on the 27th Feb – 2015. Prime Minister after having consulted the President over the Phone decided …

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By Sujith Hewajulige Commenting on the foreign travel restriction imposed on him in connection with the floating armoury of Avant-Garde, former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday said he had never done anything illegal and always stood by the law. He said he had already given all the details in connection with the incident to the …

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By David Cameron (This Op-ed piece by British Prime Minister David Cameron was written exclusively for the Daily mirror About his scheduled meeting with visiting President Maithripala Sirisena in London) Ever since my visit to Sri Lanka in 2013 I have been determined to help address the issues of Sri Lanka’s past and put the …

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BY DR DAYAN JAYATILLEKA We must get to the root of the larger matter. The larger matter is the political dynamics of this island: the dialectics of Sri Lankan politics as it were. These dialectics have, in the Socratic-Hegelian sense, a thesis, an antithesis and could yield a synthesis. What is the thesis, the pre-existing …

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From Sandun A Jayasekera in London Forming a national government in Sri Lanka was not an easy task as we aspired because our political culture was such that political parties always attempted to undermine and weaken the other, President Maithripala Sirisena said in London today. He made these remarks when he met a delegation from …

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Shamindra Ferdinando reporting from London A new campaign meant to pressure Sri Lanka over accountability issues will get underway today (March 10) with the launch of a new Sinhala version of feature documentary No Fire Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka, at the House of Commons. The launch will take place at 10.00 am. …

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From Shamindra Ferdinando in London The Global Tamil Forum (GTF) has requested the British government to persuade the new Sri Lankan administration to lift the ban on Tamil groups imposed by the previous governmnet. The GTF is among those groups included in the list of proscribed organisations. GTF President Rev. Dr S. J. Emmanuel has …

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By Madura Ranwala The Galle Magistrate yesterday impounded the passports of three persons including former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and former Navy Commander Admiral Somathilaka Dissanayake. Travel restrictions were imposed to facilitate the investigation being carried out by the Criminal Investigations Department on the controversial floating armoury of Avant Garde Maritime Services (Pvt.) Limited.

Shamindra Ferdinando reporting from London President Maithripala Sirisena has assured Sri Lanka’s non-aligned foreign policy during crucial talks with British Defence Minister Michael Fallon in London yesterday (March 9). President Maithripala Sirisena explained Sri Lanka’s long standing relationship with China and its current status. Bilateral talks took place at London Hilton on Park Lane on …

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By Dr Reeza Hameed The Mathripala Sirisena manifesto promised to implement a programme to stabilise the country in two stages, and the first of those stages is the Hundred Day programme which would be devoted to solving urgent issues. Among those matters that were signposted for reform during the first stage is the abolition of …

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BY DR DAYAN JAYATILLEKA The 19th amendment is quite seriously flawed in terms of (a) definition (b) process and (c) content. It is flawed, indeed false, in terms of its definition, because an amendment which repeals whole sections of an existing Constitution and moreover changes it from a presidential to a parliamentary system is not …

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By Hafeel Farisz State Minister for Defence and Gampaha District UNP Parliamentarian Ruwan Wijewardene in an interview with the Daily Mirror asserted that his ‘wings have not been clipped’ as some media reports had suggested and said that his political future would be decided by the people. Excerpts: Q To start off with there has …

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By Ranga Jayasuriya Wimal Weerawansa has warned that we are now ‘losing our hard-earned freedom’. In a public rally held in Kandy on Friday to campaign for the prime-ministerial candidacy of Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Rajapaksa confidante asked people to get behind the ex-president to win their freedom back. I have been wondering as to what …

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Shamindra Ferdinando Reporting from London President Maithripala Sirisena and the government are seeking British support for the post-war national reconciliation process to woo influential Tamil groups based in the UK. President Maithripala Sirisena and Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera are in the UK for talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron to explore ways and means …

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By Ananth Palakidnar The Illankai Tamil Arasu Katchchi (ITAK) leader and the General Secretary of the Tamil National Alliance Mavai S. Senathiraja while criticizing the burning of the effigies of TNA Parliamentarians Sumanthiran and Sampanthan has said that it was a highly irresponsible act at this political juncture by certain misguided elements. He also said …

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By Malinda Seneviratne Financial irregularity was one of the many charges leveled at the Mahinda Rajapaksa regime. The ‘rot’ so to speak began at the top, according to critics. It was and still is argued that this state of affairs is a direct or indirect product of a system of governance marked by centralization of …

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by Ira de Silva The British High Commission in Colombo claims that “the LTTE is a proscribed organization in the U.K. Showing support for the LTTE by fundraising, waving flags and other means is a criminal offence”. Sri Lankans would like to ask the British High Commission to explain why there have been no arrests …

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By Udaya Gammanpila There is a significant contrast between a parliamentary election and a presidential election, considering the psychological impact made with reference to the choice. Let me explain this taking Colombo District as an example. You get a list of 21 candidates contesting for the parliamentary election after voting for a particular party. You …

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Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has described Northern Province Chief Minister, C.V. Wigneswaran as an irresponsible man and a liar whom he would not meet even if he (Wickremesinghe) went to Jaffna. In an interview with Thanthi TV published in the Times of India quoted Wickremesinghe as saying that Wigneswaran will have to explain himself to …

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By Don Manu There are certainly a great number of people in the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, ministers and MPs included, who would give their right arm to have former President Mahinda Rajapaksa back in the saddle of power. Most of these men are those who made good while the Rajapaksa sun shone which darkened …

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By Suhasini Haidar Sri Lanka will handle its relations with India and China “separately” from each other, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe told a Tamil TV Channel. In an interview ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit, Mr. Wickramasinghe blamed the former President Mahinda Rajapaksa for “playing the China card against India and India …

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By S Venkat Narayan NEW DELHI, March 7: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has warned that Indian fishermen can be shot if they intrude into Sri Lankan waters. He said in an interview to Thanthi TV, an Indian news channel, that Indian fishermen are taking away the livelihood of Northern Lanka fishermen. “If someone …

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The Government yesterday, amidst growing opposition calls for an independent probe, launched an investigation into allegations of “insider trading” and favouritism in a Treasury bond issue involving the recently appointed Governor of the Central Bank (CB) and his son-in-law – allegations that rocked Colombo’s banking sector this week. CB Governor Arjuna Mahendran, who said he …

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BY DR DAYAN JAYATILLEKA IDENTITY & THE ISLAND’S POLITICAL ORDER The question of definition is a serious one. The question of nationhood is a deadly serious one. I am concerned with the political consequences of definitions, not with academic quibbling about them. There can be academic definitions brought in the service of everything and its …

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By Rohini Hensman and Faizun Zackaria Change in Sri Lanka cannot end with the defeat of Mahinda Rajapaksa. An overhaul of the executive presidency and accountability for all war crimes going back to the 1970s need to be established and a new economic and social programme needs to be undertaken. A manifesto for the new …

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By C.A.Chandraprema Kandy has long been known to be a bastion of the UNP. Maithripala Sirisena got 54.5% of the votes in that district and had a majority of 88,000. Even though MR did win some electorates even in this district, one may say that the political initiative in Kandy has now passed on to …

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President Maithripala Sirisena, as Chair-in-Office of the Commonwealth, will attend the Commonwealth Day celebrations in London on March 9, 2015, the President’s Office has said in a media statement. Sri Lanka became the head of the Commonwealth following the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting hosted by Sri Lanka in November 2013. President Sirisena will take …

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By Dasun Edirisinghe and Cyril Wimalasurendra Reporting from Kandy Former Minister and National Freedom Front Leader Wimal Weerawansa yesterday said that Indian intelligence service RAW and US were behind the victory of Maithripala Sirisena over UPFA candidate Mahinda Rajapaksa at the January 08 presidential election. Addressing a massive rally in Kandy organised by the MEP, …

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By Dasun Edirisinghe and Cyril Wimalasurendra Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday that he would listen to the people’s voice and do what they wanted him to do for the country. In his statement to the Kandy rally organised by UPFA allies demanding former President’s return to politics as the UPFA’s prime ministerial candidate, Rajapaksa …

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(Full Text of Interview Given by Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to India’s “Thanthi TV” that was published in “The Hindu”newspaper) THANTHI TV: Thank you very much Mr. Prime Minister for agreeing to talk to us. Let me start asking about the working of the New National Govt. There is an SLFP President, UNP …

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(Media release Issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the Official visit of Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to Sri Lanka) Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will undertake an official visit to Sri Lanka from 13 to 14 March 2015 at the invitation of President Maithripala Sirisena. On 13th March, Prime Minister …

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BY DR DAYAN JAYATILLEKA “…The Government has invited Mr. Pablo de Greiff, the Special Rapporteur on truth, justice, reparations and guarantees of non-recurrence to visit Sri Lanka for consultations. He has proposed to visit us at the end of this month. We also look forward to receiving the Working Group on Involuntary and Enforced Disappearances…”–Mangala …

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By Hafeel Farisz General Daya Rathnayake, the former Commander of the Sri Lankan Army, is the most decorated military officer in the history of the security forces, speaks to the Dailymirror on a wide range of topics in a candid, no holds barred interview. Excerpts:

by Rajan Hoole, N. Sivapalan, Ahilan Kadirgamar and K. Sritharan The UN Human Rights Commission’s decision to investigate violations and the huge loss of life during the last months of the war concluded in 2009 was a significant victory for the victims. The dignity of the victims required that the truth must be told without …

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by Shamindra Ferdinando The JVP has opposed special provision for a 45-member cabinet and 55 deputy ministers/state ministers following the next general election to facilitate the formation of a national government. JVP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake, MP, yesterday said that his party was agreeable to formation of a national government though it wouldn’t be party …

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By Jayashika Padmasiri The tension between the main opposition Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and the Government seems to be increasing rapidly as Opposition Leader Nimal Siripala de Silva and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe engage in a cold war while standing under the ‘National Government umbrella’. The debate rages between implementing constitutional amendments with electoral …

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By Mahinda Rajapaksa (Text of a Press release Issued by Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa) Wide publicity has been given to images of what is purported to be a half built presidential residence in Kankesanthurei said to have been constructed for my exclusive use. I wish to inform the public that no presidential residence was being …

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By Hemantha Randunu The Colombo Crime Division (CCD) yesterday grilled former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s son Lt. Yoshitha on a light aircraft found some weeks back in a storeroom of a building belonging to the Economic Development Centre at Narahenpita. Yoshitha, in his statement to the CID, had said that the veteran film producer Chandran Ratnam …

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By Saman Indrajith Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday told Parliament that he had ordered Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera to conduct a full investigation into payments amounting to millions of rupees made to US Congressmen by the External Affairs Ministry under the previous government to lobby on behalf of Sri Lanka. Prime Minister Wickremesinghe said that …

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By Saman Indrajith President Maithripala Sirisena told Parliament yesterday that a powerful politician of the previous regime had taken a bribe of one billion rupees to shelve the national drug policy draft Bill. Addressing Parliament at the commencement of the second reading stage debate on National Medicines Regulatory Authority Bill, the President said that 400 …

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By Hemantha Warnakulasuriya It was very interesting to hear from one of the Opposition big guns, Anura Kumara Dissanayake that Mahinda Rajapaksa could not live in this country as a defeated candidate as he had committed so many crimes including corruption in the awarding of contracts without following any tender procedures, to his cronies, local …

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By Shamindra Ferdinando Ex-senior Sea Tiger cadre Jeyaganesh Murugesu Pakeerathy (41), who was taken into custody at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) on Monday (2) has been granted French permanent resident status. The Terrorist Investigation Department (TID) arrested her soon after her arrival at the airport to leave for France. Pakeerathy is a mother of …

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By Watchdog Background Ms. JeyaGanesh Pakeerathy was a member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Sea Tigers unit for around four years (exact years unknown). She was heavily injured and was discontinued in 2000. After receiving intensive treatment at home, she recovered. However, even today she is unable to do heavy work. In …

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DR. DAYAN JAYATILLEKA “It is my humble view Sir, if we are to progress as one Country with two nations…” (‘Your Excellency Our President, We Need One Country With Two Nations’- CV Wigneswaran, Colombo Telegraph, March 3, 2015) It became known as the Two Nation theory. That was the basis on which Jinnah fought for …

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By Upul Joseph Fernando Northern Chief Minister, C.V. Wigneswaran, is reported to have come in for severe criticism by the Indian High Commission in Colombo, over the resolution passed in the Northern Provincial Council (NPC) calling international assistance to probe genocide of Tamils. In addition to this critical stand taken by the Indian High Commission …

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By Shamindra Ferdinando Accusations that Tamil youth were being held in secret detention camps were baseless, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told a gathering of Buddhist clergy at Rukmale Sri Dharmaloka Vijayaloka Mahaviharaya on Sunday (1). Among the invitees at a felicitation ceremony for newly appointed Mahanayake Thera Ven. Iththapane Dharmalankara was Rt. Rev. Malcolm Cardinal …

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By Malik Gunatilleke General Sarath Fonseka stated that the majority in the country needed to assume the responsibility of creating an environment of trust in order to combat ideas of separatism while slamming politicians for stirring racial tensions to gain political advantages. The General made these comments while conducting a forum yesterday at the Kingsbury …

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by Shamindra Ferdinando Northern Province Chief Minister C. V. Wigneswaran has reiterated his controversial call for wider UN probe into what he called genocide of Tamils since 1948 while his party, the TNA, is seeking to improve its relations with the new government, The retired Supreme Court judge sought the backing of visiting UN head …

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by Dasun Edirisinghe The SLFP had banned its MPs, Provincial Councillors or local government members from attending pro-Mahinda Rajapaksa rallies organised by other political parties in the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) without prior approval, SLFP General Secretary MP Anura Priyadarshana Yapa said yesterday. He said that the SLFP Central Committee had prohibited elected SLFP representatives …

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By Jayashika Padmasiri The United Nations (UN) said yesterday that it supported a credible domestic probe, which met international standards, into allegations of war crimes in Sri Lanka and asked the Government to make maximum use of the time between now and September before the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) report was presented. UN Under-Secretary-General …

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President Maithripala Sirisena said yesterday that the Government was fully committed to resolving issues without differentiating between people from the South and the North. During remarks when he chaired the Northern Province Coordinating meeting in Jaffna District Secretariat, Sirisena said: “Everyone should work in a spirit of brotherhood irrespective of differences. The task of bringing …

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By Lakmal Sooriyagoda Colombo district UPFA parliamentarian Duminda Silva and 12 others were today indicted in the Colombo High Court on 17 charges in the killing of former presidential advisor Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra and four others at Walpola, Mulleriyawa in 2011.

By Col R Hariharan [This is the text updated on March 2, 2015 of the presentation made at a national seminar on “Understanding China – Indian perspective” organised jointly by the Chennai Centre for China Studies, and Institute for China Studies and the Nelson Mandela chair for Afro-Asian Studies, Mahatma Gandhi University at Kottyam on …

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By Maleeha Hamid Siddiqui IT is 8am on Saturday and I am outside Carlton House, the forest-green-coloured residence of Mahinda Rajapaksa, former president of Sri Lanka. It is a modest structure and on a low roof perches a medium-sized board carrying a picture of him beaming. He has been residing in his hometown Tangalle after …

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BY DR DAYAN JAYATILLEKA A man or woman must have the courage of his or her convictions. If you do something, do so because you think it is right. If you oppose something, do so because you think it is wrong. If you’ve done something because you think it is right, say so, defend your …

Continue reading ‘Chief Minister Wigneswaran States Many “Untruths” in Trying to Explain why the Northern Council Passed Genocide Resolution.’ »

By Rex Clementine reporting from Wellington In any city where cricket is played and Sri Lankans live, Kumar Sangakkara is a popular man. So is he in the New Zealand capital of Wellington where he has left an indelible mark. Sanga has thrilled the Wellingtonians with some classy knocks. Wellington has two cricket grounds. The …

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By Harendra Fernando Last Friday the Daily FT carried a review of the UNPs performance at the halfway mark. All in all, it has been a total disappointment for those people who voted the Sirisena-UNP combined team to office. The UNP, having been in the Opposition for over 12 years, is now demonstrating it has …

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(Text of Statement made by Sri Lankan Minister of Foreign Affairs Mangala Samaraweera at the High-level Segment of the 28th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on 2 March 2015) Mr. President High Commissioner for Human Rights/ Madam Deputy High Commissioner Excellencies Distinguished Delegates Ladies and Gentlemen It is an honour for …

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(Text of Media Release Issued on February 27th 2015 about Distorted Accounts Published by the Northern Provincial Council ) Northern Provincial Council Financial Statement as at 31st December 2014 published in the NPC website is a distorted accounts. The Leader of Opposition pointed it out during the question time in the council on 24th February …

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By Sulochana Ramiah Mohan The most outspoken Bishop in Sri Lanka, Dr Rayappu Joseph of Mannar says a purely domestic inquiry will not be perceived by Tamils as impartial, at least at this stage. Also, what should be done now as first step is to cooperate with the UN investigation and discuss next steps after …

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By Malinda Seneviratne Ranil Wickramasinghe is the Prime Minister of this country. He is Prime Minister today because he helped Maithripala Sirisena become President of this country. If he enjoys any power today it is simply because the President has unofficially conferred to him much of the decision-making powers vested in his office by the …

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(Text of Second Resolution passed by the Central Working Committee of the Ilankai Thamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) on 1st March 2015 in Vavuniya) Resolution 2 The Central Working Committee of the ITAK continues to observe the unwarranted and unacceptable steps being taken against its Senior Leader R. Sampanthan and Deputy General Secretary for International Affairs …

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Text of First Resolution passed by the Central Working Committee of the Ilankai Thamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) on 1st March 2015 in Vavuniya. Resolution 1 On this 1st of March 2015, the Central Working Committee of the Ilankai Thamil Arasu Katchi considering the changed political environment prevailing after regime change in Sri Lanka, resolves to …

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By The “Sunday Times”Political Editor The Government this week crossed the half way mark of its hundred-day programme to fulfil promises made to the people during the campaign for the January 8 presidential election. Ironically that milestone has arrived with some election assurances remaining unfulfilled and was to take a turn for the worse on …

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By Nirmala Kannangara When thousands of peasants struggle to find a proper meal to their children due to the high cost of living, millions of rupees of public money had allegedly been ‘wasted’ monthly by the former regime on 38 Presidential Advisers. The Sunday Leader learns that out of the 38 Presidential Advisers, 20 were …

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By Don Manu All women tend to lie about their age. But not all women get landed in the slammer for it. Sashi’s – or is it Shehasa’s or is it Shirja’s’s — alleged mistake was to have falsified her name and age on documents tendered to obtain a diplomatic passport, an offence which carries …

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By Nirmala Kannangara The new Government which came to power after the Presidential elections held last month has further exposed the forceful taking over of land in Panama when the former Government was in power. The Sunday Leader had in 2013 exposed how the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN), Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) and the …

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By Kishali Pinto Jayawardene A most discomfiting sight witnessed in Sri Lanka post the January 2015 ‘yahapalanaya’ elections was this week’s less than coherent public haranguing of the country’s Inspector General of Police (IGP) and his officers by the new Government’s Public Security Minister John Amaratunga. Lack of political will manifested The general theme appeared …

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By Malinda Seneviratne Spokesperson for the Federation of University Teachers Associations (FUTA), staunch supporter of the Maithripala regime and shrill advocate of good governance Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri posed a question to certain individuals on Facebook. He wants to know what they think are the political meanings of a political force Wimal Wererawansa, Dayan Jayatilleka and …

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BY DR DAYAN JAYATILLEKA MANGALA’S TRIDENT: INSTRUMENTS OF INQUISITION INTO SRI LANKA Does President Sirisena know what Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera is up to or has he been kept in the dark, which isn’t a safe place to be, depending on the company? Does the Parliament or do Mr. Samaraweera’s Cabinet colleagues know what he …

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After months of anticipation the first leg of the Girl Power Inter School Old Girls Sportsmeet flags off on March 1st at Independence Square, when ‘Old Girls’ from Holy Family Convent, Ladies’, Methodist, Musaeus Colleges, St Paul’s Milagiriya and Visakha Vidyalaya compete in the first-ever Girl Power Inter School Cycle Race. This is an open …

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By S. V. Kirubaharan The Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka, Mangala Samaraweera, is scheduled to speak on the opening day of the 28th session of the UN Human Rights Council – UN HRC, in Geneva, on 02 March 2015. With my experience of Sri Lanka and the UN Human Rights forums, I predict that the …

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By Dharisha Bastians In 2009, some months after the war ended, media personnel were offered military tours of Velupillai Prabhakaran’s ‘luxury’ bunker and swimming pool deep inside his hideout in Mullaitivu by the defeated regime. Subsequently, the bunker was turned into a special exhibit on the ‘war tourism’ trail, for first time visitors from the …

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By Dharisha Bastians Hardline sections of the TNA are breathing fire against the new Prime Minister for the Government delays in releasing lands seized by the military in war time back to its original owners in the North and East. The two major regions being contested are Valikamam North in the Jaffna District and Sampur …

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By Udhav Naig Name: Kaaki Sattai Director: R.S. Durai Senthilkumar Cast: Sivakarthikeyan, Sri Divya, Vijay Raaz Producer: Wunderbar Films Music: Anirudh Ravichander Actor Sivakarthikeyan seems to have decided that it is time to tool up and fast track the process of his anointment as a star. The actor’s latest, Kaaki Sattai, is a star vehicle, …

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Popular Tamil director R.C Sakthi, who launched Kamal Haasan in a lead role, breathed his last at a private hospital in Chennai on Monday. He was 75. “Director Sakthi passed away at SRM hospital due to old age—related ailments,” a source close to the director’s family told IANS. Sakthi started his career as a theatre …

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By Meera Srinivasan Signalling a departure from its recent decision to be lenient with Indian fishermen allegedly poaching in Sri Lankan waters, the Sri Lankan Navy on Thursday night arrested 86 Indian fishermen off Mullativu in the island’s Northern Province. Ten trawlers in their possession were seized. After the Maithripala Sirisena-led Government assumed charge in …

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By Kishali Pinto-Jayawardena and Venkatesh Nayak Introduction In giving necessary context to Sri Lanka’s draft Right to Information (RTI) law disseminated by the current Government in order to obtain feedback from citizens, a few matters need to be clarified. In substantial respects, this draft is the 2003/2004 Bill of the United National Front (UNF) administration. …

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It is 27 February; the new Government has clocked 50 days of power and it is opportune to review its performance during this period. If one is to go by the rumblings and the ramblings in Colombo, there is increasing disillusionment with the UNP-dominated new Government. The previous Government, try as they did, was unsuccessful …

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(Text of an Editorial Appearing in “The Island”of February 27th 2015 Under the heading “Pursuing the hare”) National Freedom Front Leader Wimal Weerawansa’s wife Sashi has been further remanded over an allegedly forged birth certificate. Wimal has also been summoned to the CID and questioned over an alleged incident of unlawful assembly. If the Weerawansas …

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By Harim Peiris The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) dominated and led United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) met its political Waterloo, about two months back when Mahinda Rajapaksa was defeated in the presidential elections by Maithripala Sirisena from the UNP led National Democratic Front. That stark reality that they lost the presidential election has obviously …

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The Canadian Tamil Congress (CTC) strongly condemns the burning of effigies and images of TNA leaders, Mr. Sampanthan and Mr. Sumanthiran. We believe these acts are aimed at weakening the democratically elected leadership of Tamil people in Sri Lanka and thereby silencing the democratic wishes of Tamil people. In the last presidential elections, the Tamil …

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The National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka (NCEASL) welcomes the appointment of a Coordinator for Charismatic, Evangelical and Pentecostal Christian Churches by Hon. John Amaratunga, Minister of Public Order, Disaster Management & Christian Affairs. Established in 1952, NCEASL represents a constituency of traditional and non-traditional Evangelical churches that has been present in the country …

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By Dharisha Bastians A crisis, precipitated by shadowy forces, may in fact have hastened the reshuffle in the military establishment this past week, and the appointment of the new Army Commander. The new Government has been aware for several weeks now that sections of the military remain fiercely loyal to former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa. …

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BY DR DAYAN JAYATILLEKA Chief Minister Wigneswaran attempted to explain away the Northern Provincial Council’s ‘Genocide’ Resolution by saying it was not directed against the present administration but rather against its predecessor. He was not telling the truth, to put it mildly. The Resolution has a specific target and that target is unveiled in the …

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By Dharisha Bastians In anticipation of a parliamentary election in just over two months, hardliners on both sides of the ethnic divide are moving in for the kill, threatening to derail a fragile process of reconciliation the new Government has pledged to undertake and bring back an autocratic leader ousted in January. The 20,000 strong …

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By B. Kolappan Veteran cinematographer A. Vincent, who teamed up with late film director C.V. Sridhar in his masterpieces such as Kalyanaparisu, Sumai Thangi, Nenjil Or Aalyam, Then Nilavu and Kathalikka Neramillai died here on Wednesday. He is survived by his wife, two cinematographer sons-Jayanan Vincent and Ajayan Vincent-and a daughter. Vincent, born in Calicut, …

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By Shamindra Ferdinando Bishop of Mannar Rt. Rev. Rayappu Joseph on Tuesday (Feb 24) joined a Tamil National Alliance (TNA)-led demonstration in Jaffna against the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) delaying the release of a report that dealt with accountability issues in Sri Lanka during the war as well as post-conflict period. Addressing …

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By Lakna Paranamanna The State Minister for Higher Education Professor Rajiva Wijesinha maintains that the promises made during the presidential campaign period have taken a backseat with the general elections in the offing. At an interview with the Dailymirror Prof. Wijesinha was candid on the reasons that led to his resignation, on the reforms he …

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By Ruki Fernando This month, the UN Human Rights Council announced it would defer publication of a major report that investigates allegations of serious human rights violations and related crimes during the last years of Sri Lanka’s civil war. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, whose office had been entrusted with the task, had …

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By Upul Joseph Fernando The media reported on Monday that former Maldivian President Abdul Nasheed was arrested on terrorism charges. The fate of Nasheed is a lesson for Maithri and Ranil who leads the present government. Today, the President of Maldives is Abdullah Yameen, half brother of former President Abdul Gayoom who ruled Maldives for …

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By Zahrah Imtiaz Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday (23) morning made an offering of a six-inch gold trident to the Kataragama Maha Devalaya. Folklore states that King Dutugemunu too, made such an offering before he set out to war. Thus, rumours are afloat that this might be an indication of the former Head of State …

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By Ishara Ratnakara The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) yesterday expressed willingness to withdraw the case filed against former Chief Justice, Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake, for not having disclosed her assets, but the Chief Justice’s party did not agree to that. When the case against the former Chief Justice was taken up …

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By Dasun Edirisinghe UPFA Provincial Councillors and local government members in the Western Province have launched a campaign demanding former President Mahinda Rajapaksa as the Prime Ministerial Candidate and an immediate end to moves to remove Chief Minister Prasanna Ranatunga. Their first meeting was held at the Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha Auditorium on Monday with the …

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By S Venkat Narayan NEW DELHI, February 24: Fan frenzy reached its peak at some places in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday as AIADMK supremo filmstar-turned-politician Jayaram Jayalalithaa turned 67. Many AIADMK supporters pierced themselves with spears and hooks as penance for ‘Amma’ (mother) to return to power. Partymen also organized a number of welfare activities …

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Leader of the Frontline Socialist Party Kumar Gunaratnam yesterday said that incumbent government’s political duplicity had become evident in its moves to deport him while calling upon those who had fled the country for political reasons to return home. In a press release issued yesterday, Gunaratnam says the higher echelons of government had repeatedly called …

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By N Sathiya Moorthy Maldives is at it again. With the return of the political tug-of-war between the Government and the Opposition threatening to peak, the police arrested former President Mohammed Nasheed on Sunday in connection with the long-pending ‘Judge Abdulla arrest case’ and ended up ‘manhandling’ him outside the court hall a day later, …

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By Lalith Abeysinghe I was a final year student in the Faculty of Arts of the University of Peradeniya in 1978. Politically it was a tough and a crucial time with regard to the fate of the working class and the disadvantageous groups in particular and to the future of the country in general. Mr. …

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by S. Ratnajeevan H. Hoole The burning in Jaffna by a group including TNA representatives of an effigy of M. A. Sumanthiran, TNA MP, induces déjà vu in me. Mr. R. Sampanthan the TNA leader and Mr. Sumanthiran took a bold step in attending the recent Independence Day celebrations, the first time the Tamil leadership …

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By A.G. NOORANI ONE hopes that Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena’s visit to India on February 15 will truly mark a turning point in the relations between the two countries. To accomplish that, India’s outlook and approach will have to change in fundamental respects. India has legitimate security interests in the region and legitimate concerns …

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By Ranga Jayasuriya Messrs Wimal Weerawansa, Vasudeva Nanayakkara, Dinesh Gunawardena and Udaya Gammanpila who cannot win at the next Parliamentary Elections without contesting on the SLFP-UPFA ticket, want Mahinda Rajapaksa to make a political comeback –in order to save their own political future and not so much the future of the country. For that purpose, …

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By Eric Meyer One year ago, Chinese Third World diplomacy was widely seen as being in crisis. Throughout Africa, Latin America and Asia, a growing number of emerging countries were expressing reluctance to be involved in relations with the Middle Kingdom based on its exploitation of their mineral resource riches. This sense of unease and …

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BY Ishara Rathnakara Former Minister, Wimal Weerawansa’s wife, Shashee Weerawansa, who was arrested for providing false information and presenting forged documents to obtain passports, was banned from travelling abroad by Colombo Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya, yesterday (23). It is said that Shashee Weerawansa had obtained a diplomatic passport by providing false documents and CID had told …

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BY Cassendra Doole and Rathindra Kuruwita Leader of the National Freedom Front (NFF) Wimal Weerawansa was grilled by the CID yesterday (23) in connection with an alleged demonstration he led in 2011 in Kaduwela. He arrived at the CID around 9:30 a.m. with a group of lawyers. “Those who worked tirelessly towards freeing the country …

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Hey poet, submissions for the Annasi & Kadalagotu Vol V are open until 15 March. Poets are encouraged to send in their most recent, previously unpublished work to publisher@kadalagotu.com. Annasi & Kadalagotu, coined by Capt Elmo Jayawardena, author of ‘Sam’s Story’ (Gratiaen Prize 2001) and co-founded by Imaad Majeed, is a small-press publishing house based …

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By Zacki Jabbar recently in Jaffna Some members of the Tamil diaspora had come in their numbers with enough funds to invest in the North, following the end of the war, but the unprecedented red tape had resulted in them making a hasty retreat, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Yarlpanam (CCIY) said. Asked …

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By Jayantha Samarkoon The Immigration and Emigration Department said today that they had been unable to locate Frontline Socialists Party (FSP) central committee member Premakumar Gunaratnam, whose tourist visa had expired on January 31.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Law of Singapore, K. Shanmugam, who is on a two day visit to Sri Lanka from 23 to 24 February 2015, met with Foreign Affairs Minister Mangala Samaraweera today at the Foreign Ministry. The visit, marking the first high-level interaction of the Singapore Government with the new …

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