Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka’s constitution is not unitary or was not after the implementation of the 13th amendment wherein the constitution became a quasi-federal one on the same lines of India. Therefore, it is strange that the Tamil National Alliance continue to be demanding federalism when it already prevails unless of course their objective […]

Shenali D Waduge  LTTE is a non-state armed actor. Sri Lanka’s conflict is categorized as a Non-International Armed Conflict. LTTE has been proscribed by 32 nations including US, UK, India, EU & Canada as an international terrorist organization and that ban remains active despite the LTTE’s leadership and ground force being militarily annihilated. With no valid […]

Shenali D Waduge Westphalian sovereignty is the principle of international law that each nation state has sovereignty over its territory and domestic affairs, to the exclusion of all external powers, on the principle of non-interference in another country’s domestic affairs, and that each state (no matter how large or small) is equal in international law. […]

Shenali D Waduge  Some very interesting and bizarre developments have taken place leading to the celebration of the military victory over LTTE and the rescue of some 300,000 Tamils that took place in May 2009. The Government through the Defense Secretary has conveyed to the people that ‘LTTE are our own’ that ‘there is nothing […]

Shenali D Waduge  It is getting tedious to be countering lies that are being publicized globally by well-funded campaigns generated from criminal syndicates that continue to function and were part of the LTTE international criminal network. Whatever attempts being made to downplay the victory achieved in May 2009, that accomplishment cannot be allowed to be […]

Shenali D Waduge Is it only in Sri Lanka or is there any other nation where the Victory Day gets watered down and scoffed? It is only Sri Lanka that can claim a military victory over an internationally banned terrorist movement but it is only in Sri Lanka that elements that propped up the LTTE […]

Shenali D Waduge What happens when a government that follows an appeasement policy and is also aware that the mention of the 13th amendment, devolution of powers, Indo-Lanka Accord, autonomy, self-rule within a ‘united Sri Lanka’ gets the majority of the patriotic people of Sri Lanka to rise against them? The best way to tackle […]

Shenali D Waduge Ever since May 2009 various events across the world have had candle light vigils and events claiming to be remembering those killed in Mullaivaikkal. The implication given is that the mourning is for civilians. However, the backdrop of all these events you will find an Eelam map, eelam flag, books on Prabakaran […]

Shenali D Waduge Ban Ki Moon the UN Secretary General appointed an Advisory Panel to ADVISE HIM on the final phase of the war in Sri Lanka. That advisory panel was not an officially UN General Assembly or UN Security Council endorsed panel and that may explain why its report ended up being ‘leaked’ and […]

Shenali D Waduge  In May 2009 Sri Lanka achieved what many had been saying was an ‘unwinnable war’. The ground force of the LTTE including its megalomanic leader Prabakaran were annihilated in a fair fight. Several times the GOSL requested the LTTE leadership to lay down their arms and surrender which they refused claiming they […]

Shenali D Waduge   In Sri Lanka, land is either owned by private individuals, the state or land is given on lease to investors by either private land owners or the state. The state has records of lands owned by the state while in the case of private individuals they have land deeds that showcase […]

Shenali D Waduge Who really wants Tamil Eelam and who is going to benefit by creating a Tamil Eelam are two questions we need to answer. That Tamils in both South India and North Sri Lanka demand Tamil Eelam is understood but who will realistically benefit by the creation of Tamil Eelam and is that […]

Shenali D Waduge  Sixty eight years after independence it’s time to retrospect. Has the country progressed democratically? Have the political parties expected to carry out the mandate of the people honoured them? Have these parties and the politicians that represent them protected the sovereignty of the country or themselves? The latest tussle in Parliament beckons […]

Shenali D Waduge   World War 2 ended in 1945. A victor’s justice prosecuted the Germans and Germany and none of the pre & post war crimes by the Allies ever saw any trial (Allies were both prosecutor & judge). There was no justice only vengeance. Status of Forces Agreement ensured the US & UK troops […]

Shenali D Waduge  The question to the International Community is this. Is the voice of the TNA separatist elements more important than the Tamil people who just want to rebuild their lives, educate their children and live with the rest of the communities together in Sri Lanka? Where has a pen demarcating and dividing territory […]

President Chandrika Kumaratunga Speech on new Constitution Bill in Sri Lanka Parliament -7 August 2000 Today is indeed a historic day. It is also a special day in the history of a great people, with a history of over thousands of years. Mr Speaker this Constitution is designed to end the ethnic war which totally […]

Shenali D Waduge This quote is taken from a letter to the Colonial Office in the UK. The lines are important for several reasons. Firstly, it proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the British were bringing in Malabars (Tamils) from the Indian coastal areas to Sri Lanka and settling these Malabars with the […]

Shenali D Waduge In his capacity as President of the Congress of Buddhist Associations of State Corporations & President of the Foundation for the Restoration & Protection of Buddhist Shrines in Sri Lanka as well as being the Minister of Industries & Scientific Affairs under the UNP Government, Minister C Cyril Mathew sent an appeal […]

Shenali D Waduge The Northern Provincial Council has boldly passed a resolution contravening its mandate claiming ‘Sinhalese colonization in the North’. Leaving aside what the Government should do about the NPC violations, the counter question is what about Tamil colonization of the South steadily taking place. Why are those supporting the Northern colonization claim silent […]

Shenali D Waduge Commencing with the ITAK in 1949 and its aims and objectives to the TULF and the Vaddukoddai Resolution of 1976 and the formation of the LTTE in the same year/month, to the demands made by LTTE (Thimpu Principles/ISGA as solutions) and India’s solutions (Indo-Lanka Accord/13th amendment) the similarities in the demands being […]

 Shenali D Waduge It is no surprise when Britain the root cause of majority-minority conflicts, transporters of indentured laborers causing demographic issues now come forward to support self-determination claims by Tamils during local elections to muster minority votes. Some facts need to be made clear. Bids for self-determination began in Tamil Nadu far before it […]

Shenali D Waduge We have arrived at a crucial juncture. It is time to place proper arguments on the table and nullify the lies and distortions. There are some key questions that now need to be asked and answered and the GOSL must be literate enough to handle matters without simply giving in because pressures […]

Shenali D Waduge The British invaded and occupied 171 countries round the world except for 22 countries. The British and fellow colonial rulers together with the Church have left a legacy of problems the world over. Divide & rule policy, dividing communities as minorities & majority, artificial boundaries created by colonials leading to ethnic/cultural problems, […]

Shenali D Waduge Over the years Indians and Chinese have migrated or were forcibly taken to work on foreign shores during colonial rule. Millions of these transported Indians and Chinese live in all corners of the world and are now treated as natives of these nations though their roots return to India or China. Tamils […]

Shenali D Waduge  Tamil Nadu translated means State for Tamils. It has all the ingredients that self-deetermination seekers espouse for. Its own language, own culture, own indigenous race except it had not been granted independence. It is the original state where demands for self-determination took place with calls to be separated from the Indian state. […]

Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka already has a federal constitution following the 13th amendment. The provincial council system was introduced with arm-twisting by India. The TNA-controlled Northern Provincial Council already has 36 subjects devolved to it except land and police powers. So what is the TNA-India and federalists really demanding? Is the real plan to slyly insert […]

Shenali D Waduge India punishes any country that doesn’t take orders from India. Nepal experienced this in 2015. Nepal is a landlocked nation. Its petroleum supplies come from India (300 fuel trucks per day). When Nepal didn’t listen to India, India blocked all imports to Nepal and created a crisis when petroleum, medicines, earthquake relief […]

Shenali D Waduge Why is the TNA & similar thinking others propagating demands for Sri Lanka’s new constitution to be federal when they are well aware that it is federal? All the features of the Indian constitution is very much embedded in our present constitution after the signing of the 13th amendment and introduction of […]

Shenali D Waduge Are we seeing a re-enactment of the bullying policies of India against Sri Lanka? The first instance was under UNP ruled JR Jayawardena when India forced Sri Lanka to sign the Indo-Lanka Accord in 1987, change its constitution to add a 13th amendment and introduced a federal system via the provincial councils. […]

Shenali D Waduge There are 7 fundamental steps to decision making. Identifying the problem, gathering information to help make the right decision, analysing the information, developing options, evaluating alternatives, selecting a preferred alternative & acting on the decision. However, it is obvious that none of Sri Lanka’s policy makers are following these key fundamentals. In […]