The Making Of Our Political Future Via Local GovernmentThe Making Of Our Political Future Via Local Government

By  Fernando Ray - February 25, 2014 

The Southern & Western provincial council elections, scheduled to take place at the end of next month, has certainly not gone unnoticed as many budding politicos and their parties have taken both to the streets and through all forms of media like a storm.

There are few candidates of this calibre who come to mind. Malsha Kumaranatunga, a WPC candidate from the UPFA, Tharaka Nanayakkara, SPC candidate from the UNP; to a lesser known extent, Isuru Dodangoda, another candidate contesting the SPC elections from the UPFA however he is yet to publicly loy out a clear cut political strategy . - File photo - Malsha with President's son and his ex-girlfriend

Provincial council (PC) elections, and the PC in general, have received damning press over the recent years with local councillors being accused of wide scale corruption, nepotism, threats, intimidation, rape, drug running and even the murder of local citizens as well as foreign holiday-makers. These heinous crimes allegedly committed either by the local councillors themselves or their crony supporters have left a scar in the minds of our whole population. A general feeling of dejection and hopelessness with the political system is rife throughout the masses. However this could be a very good omen When selecting dejection Future IT comes to political candidates.                 Read More

Sri Lanka Rejects Call Pillay's "An International Inquiry Mechanism To establish" Sri Lanka Rejects Call Pillay's "An International Inquiry Mechanism To establish"

Ravinatha Aryasinha - Ambassador Geneva

February 25, 2014

The Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) has rejected the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights by Call Navnanethem Pillay 's "to establish an International inquiry mechanism to further investigate the alleged violations of IHRL and IHL and monitor any process domestic Accountability in Sri Lanka" , saying "it gives scant or no regard to the domestic processes ongoing in Sri Lanka within the framework of the LLRC NPOA, and is politicized in premise". The government said, the trajectory that has emerged with regard to the recommendation of the High Commissioner "reflects the preconceived, politicized and prejudicial agenda which she has relentlessly pursued with regard to Sri Lanka", since just a week following the defeat of terrorism in Sri Lanka, On May 26, 2009 at the 11th Special Session of the UNHRC On Sri Lanka, and at subsequent Sessions and reports. IT is noted that the reference in the current report that "the High Commissioner Remains Convinced" for an "independent, International inquiry" demonstrates her persistent Efforts against Sri Lanka . Sri Lanka said, "it is pertinent to question the factual basis for the High Commissioner's initial formal call to the HRC for an independent, international investigation in May 2009 and its continuation, in order that the international community not be misled".   

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