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Sri Lanka Finding the Middle Path: compromising demands, reconciliation & reciprocity
By Shenali D Waduge In the backdrop of lies, half-truths, exaggerations and misinterpretations it is time to take some issues and deal with them head on. In batting with a straight bat, everyone should feel comforted that decisions have been fair and honest. In general, we are all in unison...
OMP-THE DEVIL’S DEN
OFFICE OF THE MISSING PERSONS AND ENFORCED DISAPPEARENCES BILL By C.A Chandraperuma In August 2016, the OMP Bill was bulldozed through Parliament by the UNP, the SLFP government group, the JVP and the TNA despite the objections raised by the Joint Opposition. Less than 40 minutes was allowed to debate...
Dauris, (British High Commissioner)
By A. Patabendige “….Ranil Wickremesinghe showed his inherent hatred towards the Sinhalese and especially Sinhalese Buddhists’. (‘Page 16- Charge of the Lion Brigade’- Patali Champika Ranawaka 2009) Dauris, the British High Commissioner, led the charge of the lost empire on the miniscule SL Foreign Ministry to protest about six-foot...