Rajapaksa-Wamsa: History As Their Story

by Tisaranee Gunasekara

“…by clever and persevering use of propaganda, even heaven can be represented as hell to the people, and conversely the most wretched life as paradise”. - Hitler (Mein Kampf)

Impunity is illimitable

(January 02, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) If the law was allowed to take its normal course after the Kolonnawa mini-war, the Christmas Eve murder of a British tourist in Tangalle may not have happened. If the regime did not protect parliamentarian Duminda Silva so blatantly, Tangalle Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Sampath Chandrapushpa may not have thought that he too could get away with murder.

If not for the message of impunity sent by l’affaire Kolonnawa, Khuram Shaikh, a prosthetic-limb expert who managed the ICRC’s physical rehabilitation programme in the embattled Gaza, might still be alive.

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LLRC calls for Rule of Law, not rule of men

LLRC calls for Rule of Law, not rule of men

Implementation of recommendations crucial for Sri Lanka Grievances of Tamil people must be addressed; trilingualism and talks with diaspora suggested

By Our Political Editor

More talks on the final report of the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) began last week just after

President Mahinda Rajapaksa, returned from attending the Asia Pacific Democracy Forum in Bali, Indonesia

There was a change of mind over President Rajapaksa tabling the report in Parliament and making a statement as revealed exclusively in the Sunday Times of December 4. In fact the outlines of such a speech, government sources said, were being put together by External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris. It was decided that instead, House Leader Nimal Siripala de Silva make a statement and table the report. Thus, it was agreed it should take place not on December 21, the last day of the on-going budget sessions of Parliament but last Friday. Yet, President Rajapaksa is expected to be present in the House on Wednesday in his capacity as Minister of Finance.

LLRC Chairman and former Attorney General C.R. de Silva P.C.

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