SC/ Appeal No: 21/13 SC/Spl./LA No: 203/2012 C.A/PHC/Appeal No: 37/2001 HC/CP/Certi/No: 42/97   In the matter of an Application for Special Leave to Appeal against Judgement of Court of Appeal dated 08.08.2012 in Case No: CA (PHC) Appeal 37/2001 and in the High Court (Kandy) of the Central Province Case No: Certi 42/97‚    The […]

ANALYSIS OF APPENDIX II Preamble [A].‚ ‚ ‚ ‚  List 1 and List II pivots around Appendix II on the subject of State Land and Land. Appendix II is an attachment to List 1. In the case of List 1– the words are: –the extent set out in Appendix II- directly bringing in Appendix II; while in List […]

‚ By GOMIN DAYASRI A determined naval rating butted Rajiv Gandhi with his rifle, before the Indian PM thumbed the Indo Sri Lanka Agreement amidst fanfare and gunshot. Some watching the incident on TV vouched J.R.Jayewardane (JR) was fleetingly amused before he did a rapid volte- face for diplomatic niceties -” naturally, after being coerced and […]

by Gomin Dayasri-Courtesy Island September 28, 2013, 4:25 pm “And thus I clothe my naked villainy With odd old ends stol-â„¢n out of holy writ; And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.” ?‚ William Shakespeare, Richard III My cocker spaniel was named Junius Richard (JR) to commemorate an event that is etched in […]

By‚  Gomin Dayasri ‚ November is the month of the Budget: possibly the penultimate /final budget before the presidential elections likely scheduled anytime after Christmas 2014 and before Sinhala/Tamil New Year 2015; Timing is on a presumption that festivities brightens the mood to offer a turbo boost to a government confident in remaining in office with […]

By‚  GOMIN DAYASRI Lady trudges looking like a tramp but holds a trump being the High Commissioner of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Her roots beckon a South Indian origin; born to a South African family belonging to the Tamil Valhalla caste and responds to the name of Nevenatham Pillai. Should create no […]

By GOMIN DAYASRI ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid may take seats as honorable members of Parliament. Even an aged Pamela Anderson or Cameron Diaz could walk away with parliamentary pensions. ƒ”š‚ Mervyn Silva and Duminda de Silva entered the precincts of Parliament legitimately as easy riders.ƒ”š‚  Elected – overwhelmingly by the choice of the […]

byƒ”š‚  Gomin Dayasri ƒ”š‚ Reading political savvy columns in Sunday Times (ST) and Sunday Island (SI) from abroad helps to touch base with Weliveriya. Is it a Tale of One City or One City with Two Tales? ƒ”š‚ Was it a dress rehearsal for a regime change or a spontaneous outpouring of dissent? ƒ”š‚  Look at the […]

Byƒ”š‚  Gomin Dayasri UNP is not dead: shows sign of being alive-at least breathing though not kicking-to bring forth an imitation “constitution”ƒ”š‚ for the country. ƒ”š‚ Call it a “ƒ”¹…”constitution’-that is a misnomer. More – a policy statement, designed to attract other political parties to come into its fold. That’s the success line-got something for everyone […]

Byƒ”š‚  Gomin Dayasri ƒ”š‚ “Parliamentary Select Committee only can change the Constitution”ƒ”š‚ Minister Anura Yapa quotes the President. ƒ”š‚ Parliament Select Committee on Constitution Reform is a perennial non-starter in a bluffer’s paradise – a procrastinator’s dreamboat. A condemned vehicle incapable of hopping on to it for the needed passengers or if shoved in, on persuasion or […]

Gomin Dayasri An unscheduled mini battle is on in the junior league for”13A”ƒ”š‚ that could change the face of Sri Lanka in 2013/2014. Non-playing captains, Mahinda Rajapaksa and Ranil Wickremesinghe are watching the game from the pavilion cheering respectively the Weerawansa / Ranawaka crew and the Sumanthiran combine? What follows is more intriguing?”ƒ¢¢”š¬…” When: where: […]

By Gomin Dayasri ƒ”š‚ Constitutional croaks trumpet awesome sayings to mystify simple minds: Presidential Powers are Overwhelming? Parliament is Supreme? Judiciary is Independent? Sovereignty is with the People”ƒ”š‚¦Helpless People stuffed on sovereignty, blandly watched a horrid exchange of rapid fire by the Executive- Legislature- Judiciary. Bruised and bloodied”ƒ”š‚¦ with no soft hands. ƒ”š‚  Dignitaries stand deservingly […]

ƒ”š‚ Interviewed by Mandana Ismail Abeywickreme Appearing in Sunday Leader 25 Nov 2012 ƒ”š‚ Q: What are your views on the impeachment motion against Chief Justice Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake?ƒ”š‚  A:ƒ”š‚  Move by the Judicial Service Commission snowballed into a sequence of events leading to a catastrophe. ƒ”š‚  ƒ”š‚ The President/Minister of Finance summoned JSC for discussion before the […]

By Gomin Dayasri ƒ”š‚ Impeachment is an eerie prospect – a legislative lasso twirled to hurl a justice up for unseating. It dispatches a chilling message where a government holds a majority. If the parliamentary majority is overwhelming, logistically the judiciary is tied to a kennel lashed by the party whip. Dice is heavily loaded against […]

By Gomin Dayasri Hark, hark, dogs do bark; sleeping dogs “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” the procrastinators, warm stools in high places without attending to the imperatives, after securing a 2/3 majority. Awake before it’s too late- this could be the last call on the 13th Amendment. Impact of the 13th amendment can be diminished or demolished, satisfactorily, if […]

By Gomin Dayasri ƒ”š‚ Symbolically the bloom has faded away from the national flower (“Nil Manel”ƒ”š‚), which grows in the mud in shallow waters. Beside sits Sri Lanka, stranded in such sludge in troubled waters. Rajapakse pulled a patriotic genie out of an iron helmet during the war but it’s fast becoming a fading gnome – […]

By GOMIN DAYASRI The incident reveals, Giants have often feet of clay. They have surely sullied the image of the nation but opened a can of worms that was never ventilated in public to make a thin silver lining of preventing a recurrence to an otherwise sordid saga. The ball is firmly in the government’s […]

By Gomin Dayasri ƒ”š‚ Had he lived in Colombo in 2012 amongst i-pads and i-phones, Nokia and Reebok, Anagarika Dharmapala would have mocked the Colombians as a fawning cringing crawling mob that worshipped at the alter of the UNP and with fortunes changing offer pooja before the shrine of Mahinda Rajapakse, solely for personal advancement in […]

Byƒ”š‚  Gomin Dayasri Winning elections is an art to master; some do: others’ don’t, distinction surfaces in serial triumphs and failures-not on a one-off, win or defeat. There is a lesson to be learnt before grasping the basics that lead to a winning frenzy “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” read the mind and soul of the electors correctly before […]

By Gomin Dayasri ƒ”š‚ Public perception treats Provincial Elections with a passing tweet: Not so, it’s a worthy weathervane for a Presidential election. Numbers in the majority column speaks loud. Increased majorities for the government are nearly insurmountable bringing southern constituencies under a single party giant umbrella. UPFA strength lies in its ability to cut across […]

By Gomin Dayasri Scheduling elections prematurely on a staggered run is a strategic device to hold an early Presidential Election”ƒ¢¢”š¬…”provinces are artfully selected to declare a winner enabling the early bird to pick worms on the ground, as the serial unfolds.Results are infectious, sufficient to spread its impact to neighboring provinces in a game where […]

By Gomin Dayasri In a masterly maneuver, endorsement was extracted without cracking bones or spilling blood with a passing burp that lost its wind before the belch ceased. UNPs’ hierarchical structure reached near unanimity in selecting Ranil Wickemasinghe for leadership giving a carte blanche for another six years “ƒ¢¢”š¬…” after 17 years in office, of […]

By Gomin Dayasriƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  India is a friend of Sri Lanka? Often said but listened in disbelief. If it is in India’s interest, the answer is, yes. Who stays mum to help a friend in distress and seek multiple benefits in return? ƒ”š‚ India opts to cheer at the mayhem of another and enjoys watching the discomfort. […]

Byƒ”š‚  Gomin Dayasriƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  The staggered premature provincial council elections are to test the pulse of the people with a purpose-not necessarily to present the people with another democratic opportunity to exercise their franchise. More for the government to inspect the ground conditions to obtain a pitch report – to decide whether to bat or bowl. […]

by Gomin Dayasri “In the past the United States and India stood against us. However, in the favorable circumstances that have now come about, the United States and India are to a great extent supporting our position”ƒ”š‚ Sampanthan (2012) at ITAK Convention. R.Sampanthan’s road map of a long march to bifurcate Sri Lanka is routed […]

ƒ”š‚ Byƒ”š‚  Gomin Dayasri ƒ”š‚ Statistics are like bikinis. What they expose is revealing what they conceal is suggestive. ƒ”š‚ Accountability is to reach an authenticated number of civilians dead and not act silly with fairy tales of a zero civilian casualty number or become traumatized with horror stories of over 40,000 civilian deaths. In war, civilian casualties […]

by Gomin Dayasriƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  Hillary Clinton lavished praise on the action plan verbally presented by Minister G.L.Peiris. Bless him on a futuristic plan that has pleased Uncle Sam in our feeble endeavors to be an obliging nephew. Therein lie an uneasy feeling: notwithstanding whatever accomplishment, West will never let us off the hook on human rights […]

By Gomin Dayasri Are we living in the Wonderland of Alice or in a sorry State called Alas? Government blunders with self-inflicted gaffes and goofs to display its mounting incompetence – UNP reciprocates by keeping the government buoyant in promoting serially unpopular causes to alienate and annoy voters. We sure lead a life between phonies. […]

Byƒ”š‚  Gomin Dayasri ƒ”š‚ United National Party is neither United nor National; Party provides the only credible alternative to the UPFA/PA which held Presidency, undisturbed for 18 years- those born in 1994 when Kumarantunga assumed power are now adults exercising the franchise! Years on, public perception are- with a government fast losing its peak popularity- UNP […]

Byƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  Gomin Dayasriƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚ ƒ”š‚  There is a time to criticize and a time to be constructive. Country is being systematically throttled with a lasso thrownaround its neck by an alien fist.ƒ”š‚  Reconstruct is the proper term. Lets stand firm and heave the wretched curse of the albatross stuck around our neck andbreathe again like a free […]