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Reliance on security forces for failure of civil governance
Jehan Perera | Updated at 12:00am on June 18, 2020
THE signs of elections and the short term changes that they bring are upon us today. Posters of candidates are coming up with their party...
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Dealing with COVID-19 crisis in Sri Lanka
Jehan Perera | Updated at 12:00am on March 19, 2020
FOR three months Sri Lankans watched the burgeoning coronavirus crisis in other parts of the world with a measure of equanimity as something that was...
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Higher duty of care owed to one’s own citizens
Jehan Perera | Updated at 12:00am on March 12, 2020
THE US government has rejected the war crimes allegations against it in regard to its conduct of the war in Afghanistan. This is yet another...
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Reconciliation process in words and in deeds
Jehan Perera | Updated at 12:00am on March 05, 2020
THE significance of foreign minister Dinesh Gunawardena’s speech at the ongoing UN Human Rights Commission session in Geneva must not be missed. There is a...
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The hope for Rajapaksa to deliver
Jehan Perera | Updated at 12:00am on February 27, 2020
The popular vote in the districts in which the minority communities predominated went overwhelmingly to president Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s main challenger, opposition leader Sajith Premadasa, writes...
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Need for transition that could unify Lanka
Jehan Perera | Updated at 12:00am on February 12, 2020
THIS year’s Independence Day national event was significant for two reasons. It was the first to be celebrated under the leadership of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa...
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More compassion for families of missing
Jehan Perera | Updated at 12:00am on February 05, 2020
AFORMER diplomat, who tried to be a bridge between the government and human rights activists during the immediate post-war years with some success, once said...
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Lanka’s north requires more attention
Jehan Perera | Updated at 12:00am on January 30, 2020
CONTRARY to expectations the government is treading a cautious path with regard to past commitments on controversial matters made by the previous government. This may...
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Lanka: sustaining state legitimacy requires ethics
Jehan Perera | Updated at 12:00am on January 23, 2020
PRESIDENT Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s image continues to rise amongst the general public because of the variety of manifestations of his commitment to get things done better...
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Development and devolution can go together
Jehan Perera | Updated at 12:00am on January 03, 2020
THE new government under president Gotabaya Rajapaksa can be seen to be doing many new things. These can contribute to the betterment of the country...