Yearly Archive: 2017

  I am not an expert like Dr. Dayan Jayatillaka  (DJ) with Doctorates in International politics. I am an old salt, who was in active service from the beginning to the end of the war. Whilst reading DJ’s article appeared in Daily Mirror on 11th Oct and listening to his...

By Upali Cooray A very thought provoking pragmatic debate ended today(11th Sept.) between Dr. Dayan Jayatillake(DJ) and Emeritus Professor Dr. G.H.Peiris (GP)  in the Colombo Telegraph and in The Island newspaper, concerning the devolution of political power in Sri Lanka. There appears to be two contrasting views between the two who...

by M.L.Wickramasinghe   The Interim Report of the Steering Committee (IRSC) offers a selection of options on some Articles of the Constitution and provides a view of plausible future directions that the Sri Lankan constitution drafters hope to take. This article is an attempt to analyze a few of the...