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With Sri Lanka strengthening its political and diplomatic relations with the United States after a long hiatus, there are rumours that the Government is trying to pull off an official “State visit” to the White House by President Maithripala Sirisena. In the US, such “State visits” are primarily meant for close American allies such as [...]
A plea for planning and a Vision 2020: Tough economic challenges
The need for planning and a holistic vision for the country’s development was the key message of Dr. Lloyd Fernando’s comprehensive paper provocatively titled “5-Point Plan and the 10-Point Agreement” presented at the Roundtable discussion organised by the Gamani Corea Foundation in collaboration with the Marga Institute at the BMICH on August 31st. National Planning [...]
The President, Attorney General and the law
The start of Sri Lanka’s new Government this week could not have been more inauspicious by the stretch of even the most optimistic imagination. In conflict with the Rule of Law Speaking at the swearing in of a colossal and shamefully male dominated Cabinet a few days ago, President Maithripala Sirisena promised that the guiding [...]
Yahapalanaya a la Maithri
My dear Maithri, I thought I must write to you because you must be quite a relaxed man these days having sworn in dozens of ministers last week. With so many Cabinet ministers, deputy ministers and state ministers at your disposal, surely you should be able to sit back and relax, allowing them to run [...]
Chandrika is right! The Nation is perplexed over ministerial choice
The SLFP’s patron saint, Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, was spot on when she assessed the mood of the nation and, posting a message on her Facebook account on Thursday, told her many faceless friends: “Some of you might feel perplexed over the appointment of some cabinet, state and deputy ministers. There was no alternative but to [...]
Meddle, muddle and mess up Middle East
Even kids acquainted with the English alphabet know that the letter C follows B. It seems that in English politics the same is true with Cameron seemingly anxious to follow the gung-ho Blair into the Middle East quagmire that the onetime prime minister opened up with his illegal invasion of Iraq more than 12 years [...]