Sri Lanka: Protestors & Police
by Shenali Waduge · 28th May 2022 It is a fundamental right of people to protest but that right does not give freedom to assume they are the voice of…
19a plotted to transfer powers from President to PM – 21a an attempt to do same
by Shenali Waduge · Published 28th May 2022 To understand this, it is imperative to look back to the regime change that took place in 2015 and the surprise common…
Sri Lanka’s Parliament: 29 Member National List should not be given Ministerial Portfolios
by Shenali Waduge · 27th May 2022 The national list comprises 29 people nominated by political parties. They are not nominees of the People but the political party they are…
21a cannot pass powers to a Rejected National List Caretaker PM
by Shenali Waduge · 27th May 2022 Democratic principles are being questioned following the scurry to pass the 21st amendment, drafted by a caretaker Justice Minister and aspiring to pass…
Constitutional Amendments: What the Public must demand from the Government
Shenali D Waduge Electoral System must be changed before 2025 General Elections WHY: This is a key area that will clean up the Parliament from corrupt. A criteria to accept…
Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day – Questions for Canada
by Shenali Waduge · 19th May 2022 We have a situation. Sri Lanka ended 30 years of LTTE terrorism in 3 years on 18 May 2009 bringing to safety 294,000…
An alternative to Privatization & making State Assets/Resources profitable in Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · 19th May 2022 The current reality is: Sri Lanka has a financial problem Our expenses are higher than our revenues Living off loans & paying back…
Practical approach to solving Sri Lanka’s crisis
A crisis is the best time to analyze what went wrong & what we can do to correct this. A constitution is just a piece of paper. Its applicability is…
18 May 2009 Sri Lanka defeats LTTE: If you can’t name the dead 40,000 there is no ‘genocide’
Sri Lanka’s conflict is defined a non-international armed conflict. LTTE was an armed non-state actor. 3 decades of armed militancy ended on 18 May 2009. The military offensive took place…
13 years since LTTE eliminated – LTTE Diaspora/UNHRC must end the lies & move on
by Shenali Waduge · 18th May 2022 A closure is needed. The lies must end. Stop the tamashas as attendance is also declining. With every year people are waking up…
Separating Bhikkus from Laypersons: Bhikku’s must enter only Bhikku universities
One of the biggest mistakes made post-1978 was to create a lay-focused education system for Bhikkus allowing them to enter universities/institutes with laypersons. This resulted in the decline in the…
Doesn’t JVP want to win elections?
by Shenali Waduge · 13th May 2022 JVP is undoubtedly the best organized political party in Sri Lanka. It is also the richest party in Sri Lanka. Its base includes…
Would Mahinda Rajapakse set fire to his own house?
Ask yourself, if you were Mahinda Rajapakse, with no intention of resigning as PM, would you unleash a mob to attack unarmed protestors, knowing the ultimate blame will fall on…
Situation in Sri Lanka – are we returning to Dutch-East-India Company rule?
by Shenali Waduge · Published 7th May 2022 · Updated 7th May 2022 On one side of the spectrum protests are calling for the stepping down of entire Parliament, amidst…
Sri Lanka’s National Identity & Sinhala Buddhists
by Shenali Waduge · 6th May 2022 The reason to target the majority Sinhalese Buddhist is to break the source & secret that holds the nation together. The amalgamation of…
Lt. Col Issipriya is a LTTE Journalist – Would journalists like terrorists to be called “journalist”
by Shenali Waduge · 4th May 2022 Who is Issipriya? Who was she employed with? What was her role? Issippriya was a female member working in the LTTE communications unit…
Why didn’t HarinF tell the Cardinal about Easter Sunday attacks?
by Shenali Waduge · Published 4th May 2022 · Updated 4th May 2022 According to the former SIS head Nilantha Jayawardena at least 15,000 people knew of an impending attack…
Questions Cardinal should ask on Easter Sunday attacks
by Shenali Waduge · 3rd May 2022 The Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has every right to ask questions & seek answers. It has been 3 years since the attacks but unlike…
Nearly 15,000 knew of Easter Sunday attacks including HarinF & Diplomatic Missions
by Shenali Waduge · 2nd May 2022 In October 2020 the former head of State Intelligence Service Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena told the Presidential Commission of Inquiry that nearly 15,000…
What is the Sri Lankan President up to?
by Shenali Waduge · 30th April 2022 The President of Sri Lanka came to power in November 2019 with an overwhelming majority promising to deliver on his manifesto. He will…
Sri Lanka’s Protestors – Your solutions, please
by Shenali Waduge · 30th April 2022 Governments are changed by elections. The people’s sovereignty is claimed during an election where they either elect or reject political parties or politicians.…