Opinion

UN Human Rights Council: Putting the US pull out in perspective

Last week’s decision by the United States to pull out of the UN Human Rights Council created ripples in Sri Lanka where the parting words of America’s top diplomat that the Council was a “cesspool of political bias” resonated strongly with politicians and bureaucrats aligned with former President Mahinda Rajapaksa who waged pitched battles in Geneva from 2009-2014,...

2018-06-23 18:30:00

Waiting for Herr Hitler?

Is Sri Lanka ready for an elected dictator? This is the latest question to enter the country’s current political debate. Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s preparations to contest the next presidential election in 2019 have already precipitated a potentially explosive controversy that can last weeks and months. An admirer of Gotabaya Rajapaksa has echoed as a positive political desire...

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No JO decision on Presidential Candidate says MP Dinesh Gunawardena

Totally refuting the claims by the media, Joint Opposition (JO) Parliamentary Group Leader MP Dinesh Gunawardena said that the JO has not even discussed or arrived at any decision in relation to its choice of the next presidential candidate. In an interview with the Sunday Observer, the seasoned Parliamentarian said as the JO consists of many political parties and...

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