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The Practical Road to Reconstruction and Reconciliation

The Practical Road to Reconstruction and Reconciliation

In May 2009, the thirty year war within the country was decisively concluded. The rebels lost territory, their leaders along with many combatants are dead, had surrendered or, are unaccounted for. There had been and there continues to be persistent allegations of serious human rights violations during the last phase of the war by various concerned people.

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Help People Make Balanced Choice, Empower People With Information.

Help People Make Balanced Choice, Empower People With Information.

The Presidential elections are over; the next significant event will be the parliamentary elections the results of which will foretell the course of Sri Lankan future. It is essential to consolidate the victory of the forces that came together to reinforce democracy, to prune the powers of the Executive in order to remove the authoritarian moves that the system had hitherto permitted. To successfully implement these changes, it cannot come only through parliamentary decisions or judicial verdicts.

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Pluralism, the Essential Chant For Post War Sri Lanka

Pluralism, the Essential Chant For Post War Sri Lanka

At long last, when the Provincial Council in the North is set up, a semblance of uniformity in the administration of the Sri Lankan profile can be said to be completed. What has yet to be convincingly understood is the need for the indoctrination into this divided nation of the concept of pluralism, as a worthy strategy to be adopted.

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Is There An Ethnic Problem In Sri Lanka?

Is There An Ethnic Problem In Sri Lanka?

This is a mind boggling poser. If the question whether there is an ethnic problem in Sri Lanka is posed to the minorities and sections of the majority, the response will be an unequivocal ‘yes’. If the ‘others’, excluded from the above groups are asked they will look askance and say that this question has ceased to have any relevance since the end of the war when the Tamil terrorists were trounced on May 19, 2009.

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Will We Never Learn from the Horrors of the Past?

Will We Never Learn from the Horrors of the Past?

It is a little over three years since we eliminated Prabhakaran and the whole country was rejoicing over the end of the war. He Past? A spurious sense of freedom and security exists in a set up where the healing and reconciliation process within the war locked areas and even in the rest of the country has not gathered the momentum expected at the conclusion of the war.

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Political Onlooker is a blog that contains in-depth analysis on several key political issues in Sri Lanka. The site contains articles that have appeared largely in the Sunday Island newspaper.

Mrs. Moonesinghe is a graduate from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. She had edited two books on Nation Building and has also authored a book on Buddhism - Thus Have I Heard - and a fictional book of short stories - Build a Bridge.


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