{"id":151023,"date":"2025-07-28T00:46:32","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T06:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=151023"},"modified":"2025-07-27T17:31:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T00:31:46","slug":"5-months-35-agreements-has-the-jvp-npp-signed-away-sri-lankas-sovereignty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2025\/07\/28\/5-months-35-agreements-has-the-jvp-npp-signed-away-sri-lankas-sovereignty\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Months. 35 Agreements- Has the JVP-NPP signed away Sri Lanka\u2019s Sovereignty?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Shenali D Waduge<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"498\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/shenali280725R.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-151025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/shenali280725R.jpg 498w, https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/shenali280725R-292x300.jpg 292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In just five months, the JVP-NPP-led government under President Anura Kumara Dissanayake signed&nbsp;<strong>35 agreements with India<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 the largest, fastest foreign policy shift in Sri Lanka\u2019s post-independence history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What was promised as a new era of transparency, sovereignty, and people-first governance has instead raised urgent questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Who really benefits from these deals?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Was Parliament consulted?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Are we now India\u2019s satellite in the Indian Ocean?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This is not partnership. This is&nbsp;<strong>strategic entrapment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sri Lankans must now ask:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Was our sovereignty sold in exchange for survival \u2014 or surrendered without resistance?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The 35 Indo-Lanka Agreements (Dec 2024 \u2013 April 2025):<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Condensed Summary &amp; Comparison with Predecessors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Part 1 \u2013 The Agreements Themselves<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-shenali-waduge wp-block-embed-shenali-waduge\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"3YTaaF2h9H\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shenaliwaduge.com\/part-1-the-35-india-sri-lanka-agreements-under-president-anura-kumara-dissanayake-dec-2024-apr-2025\/\">Part 1: The 35 India\u2013Sri Lanka Agreements under President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Dec 2024 \u2013 Apr 2025)<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Part 1: The 35 India\u2013Sri Lanka Agreements under President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Dec 2024 \u2013 Apr 2025)&#8221; &#8212; Shenali Waduge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shenaliwaduge.com\/part-1-the-35-india-sri-lanka-agreements-under-president-anura-kumara-dissanayake-dec-2024-apr-2025\/embed\/#?secret=qPP13E8QLR#?secret=3YTaaF2h9H\" data-secret=\"3YTaaF2h9H\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Overview<\/strong>:<br>35 MoUs and agreements signed in rapid succession across sectors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Energy (Trincomalee tank farms, grid integration)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ports (Trincomalee, KKS, Colombo West Terminal)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Airports (Palaly redevelopment)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maritime &amp; digital surveillance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Agriculture, education, tourism, pharmaceuticals, archaeology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fintech and digital ID platforms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Unprecedented scale<\/strong>: No previous government signed this many bilateral deals in such a short period with any single foreign country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Part 2 \u2013 Strategic Impact on Sovereignty<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-shenali-waduge wp-block-embed-shenali-waduge\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"k1YBtUsBJh\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shenaliwaduge.com\/part-2-strategic-impact-assessment-of-the-35-agreements-signed-between-sri-lanka-and-india-dec-2024-apr-2025\/\">Part 2: Strategic Impact Assessment of the 35 Agreements Signed Between Sri Lanka and India (Dec 2024 \u2013 Apr 2025)<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Part 2: Strategic Impact Assessment of the 35 Agreements Signed Between Sri Lanka and India (Dec 2024 \u2013 Apr 2025)&#8221; &#8212; Shenali Waduge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shenaliwaduge.com\/part-2-strategic-impact-assessment-of-the-35-agreements-signed-between-sri-lanka-and-india-dec-2024-apr-2025\/embed\/#?secret=KWrdKYL1Ng#?secret=k1YBtUsBJh\" data-secret=\"k1YBtUsBJh\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Insight<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The agreements dilute Sri Lanka\u2019s&nbsp;<strong>decision-making autonomy<\/strong>&nbsp;in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Strategic ports and harbors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National energy infrastructure<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Defense surveillance and security data<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cultural heritage &amp; religious tourism<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Comparison<\/strong>: Even under pro-Western or India-leaning administrations (Yahapalana 2015\u201319 or Sirisena-Rajapaksa 2019\u20132024), strategic deals were more&nbsp;<strong>cautious, staggered<\/strong>, and often faced&nbsp;<strong>parliamentary or legal scrutiny<\/strong>. The JVP\/NPP government has bypassed both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Part 3 \u2013 Strategic entrapment vs regional partnership<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-shenali-waduge wp-block-embed-shenali-waduge\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Eq5VES1KlF\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shenaliwaduge.com\/part-3-35-indo-lanka-agreements-strategic-entrapment-or-regional-partnership\/\">PART 3 \u2013 35 Indo-Lanka Agreements &#8211; Strategic Entrapment or Regional Partnership?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;PART 3 \u2013 35 Indo-Lanka Agreements &#8211; Strategic Entrapment or Regional Partnership?&#8221; &#8212; Shenali Waduge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shenaliwaduge.com\/part-3-35-indo-lanka-agreements-strategic-entrapment-or-regional-partnership\/embed\/#?secret=IJfKxE4uDo#?secret=Eq5VES1KlF\" data-secret=\"Eq5VES1KlF\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Core Argument<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While sold as&nbsp;<strong>partnership\u201d<\/strong>, the pacts create:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Dependency loops<\/strong>in digital and energy infrastructure<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Permanent Indian institutional presence<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Terms that benefit Indian companies with<strong>few local benefits<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Has Sri Lanka lost its renowned role as a non-aligned state<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014is it becoming a&nbsp;<strong>satellite of India<\/strong>, without the protections of formal alliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Comparison<\/strong>: Past governments balanced relations with China and India or West and India \u2014 the JVP\/NPP regime has tilted&nbsp;<strong>entirely and blindly toward India<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Part 4 \u2013 From Anti-Imperialism to Indian Alignment<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-shenali-waduge wp-block-embed-shenali-waduge\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"V5Uuflo3S8\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shenaliwaduge.com\/part-4-35-indo-lanka-agreements-from-anti-imperialism-to-indian-alignment\/\">PART 4 \u2013 35 Indo-Lanka Agreements &#8211; From Anti-Imperialism to Indian Alignment<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;PART 4 \u2013 35 Indo-Lanka Agreements &#8211; From Anti-Imperialism to Indian Alignment&#8221; &#8212; Shenali Waduge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shenaliwaduge.com\/part-4-35-indo-lanka-agreements-from-anti-imperialism-to-indian-alignment\/embed\/#?secret=rff1HqbgRS#?secret=V5Uuflo3S8\" data-secret=\"V5Uuflo3S8\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Political Betrayal<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The JVP \u2014 once fierce critics of foreign domination \u2014 are now:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Facilitators of Indian capital, diplomacy, and strategic policy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Silent on sovereignty, transparency, and external control<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Promoters of what they once called<strong>neo-imperialism\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Comparison<\/strong>: The JVP led protests against Indian intervention in the 1980s. Today, they are&nbsp;<strong>signing agreements that exceed even the Indo-Lanka Accord in reach<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Part 5 \u2013 Legal &amp; Constitutional Concerns<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-shenali-waduge wp-block-embed-shenali-waduge\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"HKPtO3VhQX\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shenaliwaduge.com\/part-5-35-indo-lanka-agreements-unconstitutional-legal-and-sovereignty-concerns\/\">PART 5 \u2013 35 Indo-Lanka Agreements. Unconstitutional? Legal and Sovereignty concerns \u00a0<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;PART 5 \u2013 35 Indo-Lanka Agreements. Unconstitutional? Legal and Sovereignty concerns \u00a0&#8221; &#8212; Shenali Waduge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shenaliwaduge.com\/part-5-35-indo-lanka-agreements-unconstitutional-legal-and-sovereignty-concerns\/embed\/#?secret=rzG9wWn7Nd#?secret=HKPtO3VhQX\" data-secret=\"HKPtO3VhQX\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Key Legal Issues:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>No parliamentary debate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No national security review<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No Supreme Court interpretation on sovereignty-impacting clauses<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Potential violation of<strong>Articles 1, 2, 3, and 157<\/strong>\u00a0of the Constitution<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Comparison<\/strong>: Previous governments faced judicial scrutiny (e.g., MCC under Yahapalana). These 35 deals passed&nbsp;<strong>without legal challenge<\/strong>, raising legitimacy questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Part 6 \u2013 Geopolitical Risks &amp; Strategic Precedents<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-shenali-waduge wp-block-embed-shenali-waduge\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"aS22YR6vXR\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shenaliwaduge.com\/part-6-35-indo-lanka-agreements-geopolitical-risks-strategic-precedents-the-indian-footprint-in-sri-lanka\/\">PART 6 \u2013 35 Indo-Lanka Agreements &#8211; Geopolitical Risks, Strategic Precedents &#038; the Indian Footprint in Sri Lanka \u00a0<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;PART 6 \u2013 35 Indo-Lanka Agreements &#8211; Geopolitical Risks, Strategic Precedents &#038; the Indian Footprint in Sri Lanka \u00a0&#8221; &#8212; Shenali Waduge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shenaliwaduge.com\/part-6-35-indo-lanka-agreements-geopolitical-risks-strategic-precedents-the-indian-footprint-in-sri-lanka\/embed\/#?secret=qnMGYk7IT3#?secret=aS22YR6vXR\" data-secret=\"aS22YR6vXR\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bigger Picture:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>India now shapes Sri Lanka\u2019s<strong>Indian Ocean posture<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>BIMSTEC presence<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>energy routes<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Indian private and state actors are being institutionalized in Sri Lanka<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sets a precedent for other foreign actors to demand similar access<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Comparison<\/strong>: Previous administrations tried to&nbsp;<strong>balance India and China<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 the JVP\/NPP gave India&nbsp;<strong>unilateral privileges<\/strong>, risking&nbsp;<strong>long-term diplomatic imbalance<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Part 7 \u2013 An urgent appeal to JVP\/NPP Leadership<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-shenali-waduge wp-block-embed-shenali-waduge\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"rTmGi6WOP2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shenaliwaduge.com\/part-7-35-indo-lanka-agreements-an-urgent-appeal-to-the-jvp-npp-leadership\/\">PART 7 \u2013 35 Indo-Lanka Agreements &#8211; An Urgent Appeal to the JVP\/NPP Leadership<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;PART 7 \u2013 35 Indo-Lanka Agreements &#8211; An Urgent Appeal to the JVP\/NPP Leadership&#8221; &#8212; Shenali Waduge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shenaliwaduge.com\/part-7-35-indo-lanka-agreements-an-urgent-appeal-to-the-jvp-npp-leadership\/embed\/#?secret=zACXObFLaw#?secret=rTmGi6WOP2\" data-secret=\"rTmGi6WOP2\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A moral and political reckoning:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>JVP-NPP campaigned on<strong>sovereignty, justice, and anti-imperialism<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>JVP-NPP now stand accused of the<strong>most sweeping surrender of national autonomy<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>History will remember whether you correct this course \u2014 or double down<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Comparison<\/strong>: Past governments may have been&nbsp;<strong>pragmatic or pressured<\/strong>, but the JVP\/NPP came to power promising&nbsp;<strong>a people-first, country-first revolution<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 and now face the&nbsp;<strong>starkest betrayal of their own legacy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The most sovereignty-compromising administration since Independence?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While past governments may have erred or compromised in parts,&nbsp;<strong>none have conceded strategic control to a foreign power across this many sectors, this quickly, without any remorse<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The JVP\/NPP must now choose:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Course-correct<\/strong>and return to its foundational principles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Or be remembered as the<strong>regime that delivered Sri Lanka into strategic subservience<\/strong>\u00a0under the cover of reform<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>History will not forget. And the people will not forgive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A word to JVP\/NPP supporters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is not the time to blindly defend leadership or stay distracted by short-term economic optics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The cost of silence today will be\u00a0strategic loss\u00a0tomorrow.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The betrayal of sovereignty cannot be justified by promises of digital ID cards, rooftop solar panels, or recovery\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You campaigned for change, not compromise.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Hold your leaders accountable \u2014&nbsp;not as enemies, but as patriots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A call to All Sri Lankans<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If we remain silent, preoccupied with day-to-day survival, distracted by political drama, we risk waking up to a country:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Militarily bound to a regional hegemony<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Digitally governed by foreign systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Economically tied to foreign monopolies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And\u00a0powerless to say no\u00a0in our own Parliament<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It won\u2019t matter who is President then.&nbsp;The Parliament will be ceremonial. Elections will be irrelevant or a mere theatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The system will already be foreign-owned<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speak now \u2014 or be ruled forever in silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shenali D Waduge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shenali D Waduge In just five months, the JVP-NPP-led government under President Anura Kumara Dissanayake signed&nbsp;35 agreements with India&nbsp;\u2014 the largest, fastest foreign policy shift in Sri Lanka\u2019s post-independence history. What was promised as a new era of transparency, sovereignty, and people-first governance has instead raised urgent questions: This is not partnership. This is&nbsp;strategic entrapment. 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