Shenali D Waduge The legal opinion of Sir Desmond de Silva covers all areas of allegation against the Sri Lankan Army and takes every leaf of relevant international law relevant to war crimes and clearly establishes why Sri Lanka cannot be accused of committing war crimes. Even individual soldier misbehaviour he says can be dealt […]

Shenali D Waduge How can a panel personally commissioned by the UN Secretary General be used as the foundation for successive resolutions against a UN member state and have the same report being extensively quoted by the UNHRC Head in deeming that Sri Lanka must carry out a war crimes tribunal when both the PoE […]

Shenali D Waduge The previous government sought the legal opinion of Prof D M Crane and Sir Desmond de Silva on the legal issues pertaining to the use of human shields and hostage taking by the LTTE. Their legal opinion sheds to pieces the findings of the PoE and the OISL as well as the […]

Shenali D Waduge It is just as well that the previous government sought the legal opinion of a group of distinguished international legal luminaries who have been involved in war tribunals and who knew the laws related to conflicts. Reading these expert opinions against the PoE and the OISL reports as well as the biased […]

Shenali D Waduge  Luckily the previous government had sought the legal opinion of international legal experts whose opinions should now be used to compare the OISL and UNHRC Heads reports and demands that contravene Article 2.7 of the UN Charter by interfering in the internal affairs of a sovereign nation. Reading Prof. Newton’s legal opinion […]

Shenali D Waduge UNHRC cannot push for a war crimes tribunal against a UN member state accusing it of war crimes and THEREAFTER LOOK FOR THE WAR CRIMES TO PROSECUTE SRI LANKA. Essentially what this means is that UNHRC must first showcase that it has a prima facie case for war crimes against a sovereign […]

Shenali D Waduge The UNHRC head has released his report. It is now the ONLY official document that has been tabled in the UNHRC. This is following the unofficial & purposely leaked report Panel of Expert report commissioned for the personal review of the United Nations Secretary General only and the UNHRC investigation namely the […]

Shenali D Waduge That A T Ariyaratne is being taken to court by a Dutch charity for misappropriation of funds is a serious matter and questions the integrity of this members role in the Constitutional Council. No person with a tarnished name or image can sit to decide on good governance. That the case is to […]

Shenali D Waduge Karmic retribution has come to Britain – it is called දිට්ට ධම්ම වේදනීය කර්මය, මේ ජීවිතේදීම පල දෙන කර්ම (Law of Cause & Effect Good deeds bring good results. Bad deeds bring bad results). Britain’s centuries of divide and rule has come home to roost. This time round it is Britain’s own […]

Shenali D Waduge The Government of Sri Lanka is to open a Missing Persons Office. This is a golden opportunity for everyone who publicized figures as dead or missing to now come out and name the numbers they gave or the sources from whom they got the numbers. Thereafter it is imperative to log who […]

Shenali D Waduge Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekera deserves kudus from both Sinhalese and Tamils. He has come forward to file a case on behalf of over 90% of Sri Lanka’s population. What the GOSL overlooked and ignored Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekera has done in filing a public & personal interest case against the GOSL for failing to […]

Shenali D Waduge An excellent opportunity has now arise to catch red handed every person who ranted about 40,000 to 100,000 being dead. They have for years been going on and on about these ‘missing’ or ‘dead’ numbers without so much as producing a single name. Now the ball is in their court to prove […]

Shenali D Waduge The Daily Mirror of 20 June 2016 in an article titled ‘Government to allow foreigners to buy land’ has informed the public that the present government will amend existing land laws in a bid to liberalize laws to enable foreigners to make outright purchase of Sri Lanka’s state lands. This raises the […]

Shenali D Waduge What happens when minorities begin calculated demand campaigns which they have no legitimate right to and thereafter once enough public attention is gained they agree to settle for a compromise? They end up gaining what they have no right to gain and those compromising totally ignore this fact because world media, foreign […]

Shenali D Waduge   A lot of stories are floating across the media and much sensationalism about 40,000 or more dead gives rise to the need to seriously address the question of exactly who died during the final phase. Is the international community worried about the LTTE,  are they concerned about the civilian dead, or […]

Shenali D Waduge With Sri Lanka’s intelligence virtually crippled having key officers still kept in prison, the public have to do the duty of connecting the dots. There are some alarming developments taking place. Islamic fundamentalism and Western-created Islamic missionaries go hand in hand. Wahhabi faith is a creation of British intelligence while the present […]

Shenali D Waduge This is alarming news. Can a UN Secretary General be ‘coerced’ by a country? Can the coercion be of monetary nature that leaves the UNSG no choice but to succumb? Can the UN & its Secretary General be bought over for money? Has money being so powerful that the UN even removes […]

Shenali D Waduge A gay nightclub became the latest attack in Orlando, USA resulting in the deaths of 50 people and injuring scores of others. President Obama called it ‘an act of terror and an act of hate’. The gunman was a Muslim and ISIL has claimed responsibility. Not many seem to question the roots […]

Shenali D Waduge Prabakaran may have been leader of the LTTE but he was not the man collecting funds abroad to procure arms/ammunition, carry out propaganda and induce foreign players to promote Eelam ideology. That job was done by the LTTE fronts who were named, shamed and banned incorporating the UN Security Council Resolution 1373 […]

Shenali D Waduge Quite a number of countries are talking as paragons of virtue. Norway is one such nation. It is known as the West’s hitman and the word Quisling has become synonymous with ‘collaboration’ when Vidkum Quisling founded the fascist organization in 1933 modelling it after Germany’s Nazi party. The killings of Jews in […]

Shenali D Waduge The destruction of the Salawa ammunition factory is in reality a blessing in disguise. The fire struck the heart of our armed forces destroying items meant to protect the nation and its people. The armed forces are one of the key protectors of our country since ancient times. They have shed blood […]

Shenali D Waduge Some events cannot be taken as coincidental especially when it comes from party’s and individuals that previously sneered at the military. Coming into power are people who laughed at the military advances (going to Pamankade and not Alimankade), diminished victories (Thoppigala is just a jungle) and ridiculed the army commander as being […]

Shenali D Waduge  Muslims in Sri Lanka need to seriously introspect. They claim to wish to live in peaceful coexistence but then their institutes are attempting to insidiously enter all the sacred sites of Buddhist Sri Lanka and build their prayers of worship. The moment that happens that structure will become their religious right and […]

Shenali D Waduge In constitutions there are some things that are sacrosanct and cannot be touched. These are the country’s national anthem, the national map, the national flag, the foremost place for Buddhism and the Sinhale Buddhists who built the nation. No politician or political party, whims of separatist inclined minorities or foreign agendas can […]

Shenali D Waduge In 1815 a selfish set of Chieftans handed over the Sinhale nation to the British. Within no time these chieftans became sidelined and the white-masters began rule over the servants using sepoys and lascoreens who were ready to betray their own for titles and perks. The whites left in 1948 but they […]

Shenali D Waduge When Norway returns to the political scene and little noise is made either people have forgotten Norway’s illicit past or people’s views are being shut out by a sepoy media that is now realizing what ‘no media freedom’ really means. Be that as it may, this evangelical preaching nation has returned to […]

Shenali D Waduge When out of 19 members selected by the Prime Minister only two (Kushan de Alwis & M K Nadeeka Damayanthi opposes the removal of Article 9  it revealed beyond doubt the objective. 70% comprise Buddhists in Sri Lanka and only 2 stood for the sacrosanct status of the country’s historical ethos. The […]

Shenali D Waduge How many are able to grasp the real problem that prevails. The LTTE was just an ailment that lasted 3 decades because our leaders were not able to take a grip on the larger plan and nip that in the bud. Unless we see the issue from a global perspective we will […]

Shenali D Waduge The fundamental reason behind seeking devolution is to enable people of the provinces to be empowered. Having said that we find that in practice no such empowerment has taken place. 70 year plus Northern province Chief Minister lived all his life in Colombo and went to live in the North only after […]

Shenali D Waduge Rudeness is the weak man’s imitation of strength.” ― Edmund Burke In less than 7 years people appear to have forgotten that they are today living in peace because of the sacrifices of the armed forces. Chief Ministers Wigneswaran and Nazeer can hold portfolios because of the Armed Forces. They would never have […]