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Letter to the Hon Minister of Foreign Affairs Marise Payne

SPUR (Society for Peace, Unity and Human Rights for Sri Lanka Inc) Reg: A 003 0777 M PO Box 4066, Mulgrave, VIC 3170, Australia Tel: (03) 97957143               Fax: (03) 97957142 Email: ranjiths@spur.asn.au Website: www.spur.asn.au   The Hon Minister for Foreign Affairs Dear Minister   We wish to forward the following...

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The ONLY way out

By H.L.D Mahindapala Leaving aside the legalities, politicalities, Constitutionalities and the complexities of the current imbroglio in which the nation is grounded (temporarily), the underlying issues in the Constitutional crisis can be reduced to one single question: At a time when all three branches of the state are trapped in...

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Yahapalana as a puppet regime

By Kamalika Pieris   The Yahapalana government elected in 2015 is Sri Lanka’s very first puppet government. Analysts were quick to spot this. Lasanda Kurukulasuriya asked in 2015 ‘is Lanka being micro managed from afar.  In 2016, the media said, ‘Yahapalana is acting on a preplanned scenario.’  ‘Government is following...

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Regime-changing the Regime change in Sri Lanka

By shenali Waduge Governments come & governments go – that is clear evidence of a vibrant democracy. People go for elections – they bring governments to power & they can bring down governments too. We have seen that happening too. But all this becomes a little complicated when groups of...