The lies & double standards of International Humanitarian Laws
Shenali Waduge What we face today is One standard international law but Double-standards in its application. We have countries like the US & alliances commit war crimes as a matter…
The 13th Amendment The Road to EELAM both here and in India.
Dr. Sudath Gunasekara (SLAS) 28.6.2010 The 13th amendment is the biggest political blunder ever committed by any government in the political history of this nation. At least it is so…
Sri Lanka Opposition partially accountable for War Crimes probe
Shenali Waduge It is without a doubt that a country not only needs a good Government it also needs a brave Opposition. Yet, in Sri Lanka we can but wonder…
The application of international law
Shenali Waduge Most thought that with the formation of the UN world peace would prevail & international laws that were supposed to apply equally to all nations would ensure a…
What India plans next for Sri Lanka & the Real Tamil Homeland
Shenali Waduge Given the argument that India planned for and orchestrated an internal problem in Sri Lanka in the form of the LTTE it had to have thought of varied…
India a manipulation of Sri Lanka to hide Tamil Nadu demands for separatism
Shenali Waduge India manipulation of Sri Lanka to hide Tamil Nadu demands for separatism Creating, aiding & assisting the separatist agenda in Sri Lanka was for India a necessary evil…
Sri Lanka: Foreign Trade Agreements should not end up another form of invasion
Shenali Waduge The Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement or CEPA had been negotiated over two years ago. If India is now seen pressing for its activation we need to not only…
It is India that must be grateful to Sri Lanka
Shenali Waduge It was the nationalist thrust with a clear message that Sri Lanka wanted thirty years of terror to end that galvanized & provided courage to the Government of…
Only a Popularly Elected person should be appointed as the Prime Minister. A Point of view.
Dr Sudath Gunasekara President Senior Citizens Movement Mahanuwara 14. 4. 2010Now the elections are over the appointment of the Prime Minister appears to have come to the forefront of the…
Sri Lanka General Election & its aftermath
Shenali Waduge General elections held throughout the island for the first time devoid of LTTE presence has concluded. With 20 of the 22 district results out, the ruling UPFA has…
The UN double standards exposed
By Malkanthi Munasinha (April 08, Ontario, Sri Lanka Guardian) The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, should establish a commission to investigate the tens of thousands of Muslim civilians killed…
Predicting Sri Lanka general election outcome
Shenali Waduge While the winner of Sri Lanka General Election is a foregone conclusion, the task at hand is to predict the number of seats the ruling UPFA Government is…
Proportional Representation System that killed Democracy in Sri Lanka
Dr Sudath Gunasekara. President, Mahanuwara Senior Citizens Movement. 4.4.2010 Proportional Representation system that has messed up and ruined the entire election system was introduced to Sri Lanka by the 1978…
The Joke that is Representative Democracy in Sri Lanka
Sudath Gunasekara. President Senior Citizens Movement Mahanuwara 12.3.2010 Why does a political cartoonist call the MP Magodistuma. Is it the best word that describes the character of a present day…
An open questionnaire for the joint opposition and political analysts and a note on the responsibilities of the citizens in the post-Presidential Election period.
Dr Sudath Gunasekara. President Senior Citizens Movement Mahanuwara Ranil Wickramasinha received 4,706,336 votes in 2005. This comprised mainly the UNP block vote in the other parts of the country and…
Lessons from Sri Lankan Presidential Election & Sri Lanka Future
Shenali Waduge The 2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election turned out an anti-climax. All the pundits got it wrong & what was promised to be a hard-fought out election practically a…
The CHANGE euphoria in Sri Lanka Presidential Election
Shenali Waduge What has America learned from the Obama experiment? By end 2009, almost 700,000 Americans had lost their jobs, 1.4million Americans were unemployed, a further 30,000 US troops had…
Has Sri Lanka ever had uncorrupt leaders?
Shenali Waduge This is a question the public needs to ask themselves. For in answering this basic question the voter will realize the hypocrisy of democracy itself & the reality…
Some Thoughts for Good Governance and National Development
Dr. Sudath Gunasekara President Senior Citizens Movement, Mahanuwara Many a critique has been written in recent times on the problem of good governance and development in this country in the…
An Open letter to all Political Parties and Politicians who wish to govern this Country in the Years to come. (Some Random Thoughts on Good Governance and Democracy in Sri Lanka)
Dr. Sudath Gunasekara President Mahanuwara Senior Citizens Movement Everybody these days is talking about “ƒ”¹…”good governance’ and “ƒ”¹…”Democracy’ although none of those who alternatively come to power, pledging for good…
Common Candidate a Storm in a Tea Cup? It is only another political gimmick by the dormant opposition and reactionary forces to destabilize the government
Dr Sudath Gunasekara. President Senior Citizens Movement, Mahanuwara 2.11.2009. Politically popular but utterly stale terms like political solution, devolution of power, minority aspirations and Sinhala Buddhist chauvinism and even independence…