Sri Lankans should wholeheartedly condemn unilateral sanctions imposed on the few countries that not only dare to follow their own path of development, but assist Sri Lanka in doing the same.
If investigations are on and we have not heard of them...
A sad and shoddy record for the world body set up in the aftermath of World War II, to ensure such ‘incidents’ never take place again.
Intellectual and cultural elites, driven by incentives like funding or employment from ad agencies and the donor-funded sector, have co-opted the rhetoric and branding of the Left.
There’s a question though. Is Moragoda’s engagement framed by the aspirations associated with the tone and substance of the Gotabaya/SLPP platform or have Gotabaya and the SLPP reconciled themselves to being led (up the garden path?) by Moragoda?
Saint (cough) Alaina B. Teplitz assumes we don’t know that China is not dead or even whimpering. She’s essentially saying ‘Hey dude, fall in line with our position on China!’
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was elected with 6.9 million votes. There is no doubt about his mandate. But, how can he deliver? He cannot hold the defence portfolio. But, he is responsible for maintaining the law and order of the country. How can he deliver if he cannot even dismiss the Inspector General of Police
when Wigneswaran talks of his greatness because he speaks the Tamil language he is fooling himself and not impressing the world. Everyone knows that he is trying to shine in borrowed feathers.
Udaya Gammanpila claimed that 70% of the draft agreement was good and 30% bad. It’s easy to pluck numbers out of thin air. He hasn’t detailed the good and neither the bad. He ought to.
Professor Sumanasiri Liyanage’s analysis of China and the Belt and Road Initiative does little more than fall in line with propaganda churned out by the likes of The New York Times and Mike Pompeo.
“The 19th amendment was also flawed due to the ad-hoc amendments brought in during the third reading of the committee-stage debate. We don’t want the same predicament to befall the 20th amendment,”
As such, the 20th is an improvement, simply because every single member is answerable to the voter
They can elect them and they can throw them out of power using the ballot
Regime-loyalists were routinely penciled in when ‘independent’ commissioners were appointed
The draft of the 20th Amendment has now been Gazetted. Formulating a completely new constitution instead of making interim amendments to the existing one, is undoubtedly what most prefer.
The Left has always been in the business of institution building. But the difference between the Old Left and New Left’s approach to “independence” and “depoliticization” is stark.
The President could have Moragoda engage in Cabinet meetings periodically so Sri Lanka’s top legislators know how the nation’s point man in India is putting Sri Lankan interest first.
Oh, once-Comrade Dayan. Even a bodhiliya arrays less spectra than you. Even better, here is a chameleon who makes the entire environment appear to change color, which yet remains the same shades of a lustrous green one minute, and a superficial veneer of red the next.
The arm-twisting now taking place is pretty obvious. The sanctions on Chinese companies working in Sri Lanka also gives a clear message. It should also showcase the dangers of what Sri Lanka can expect, handing over all of Sri Lanka’s basket of eggs to US. China can well maneuver itself inspite of sanctions. Will Sri Lanka be able to do same if MCC signed and US decides to further throttle Sri Lanka with sanctions if Sri Lanka does not follow US orders!