LETS CLEAR THE LAND MINES
Dr Asoka Thenabadu /Consultant Paediatrician
May 12, 2002
(Courtesy: Lanka Academic Network)
If we are to get Sri Lanka back on its feet, the peace process must succeed.
Prosperity will follow Peace Expatriate Sri lankans will return home with their
dollars and their Pounds Sterling. Foreign investors will come to our country
which has so much to offer in the way of good weather, good communications and a
highly skilled workforce . Hand in hand with the peace process, rehabilitation
of the war affected areas must take place. As a first priority, the landmines
must be cleared and the areas must be made safe for the people and the
administrators. (more)
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Belgian Model for Sri Lanka?
The CPA (Centre for Policy Alternatives) welcomed Mr Luc
Walleyn, a Belgian expert in constitutional law, June 19 to give a lecture on
"The Belgian constitution and Pluralism: Lessons for Sri Lanka." (more)
UNITARY STATE, FEDERATION, CONFEDERATION AND UNION
A Personal Experience
By Adrian Wijemanne (Courtesy: Ilankai
Tamil Sangam, USA)
1. The first glimpse of such an alarming title may arouse the direst apprehensions in the approaching reader that a load of constitutional jargon is about to descend upon him or her. Have no fear, however, for this is a purely personal account of my life under these different forms of state. Learned treatises can be written, and have been written, on each one of them but I have no intention of inflicting such punishment on the reader. This will be just a light- hearted excursion though I do have a didactic purpose which I have reserved to the very end.
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For an equitable solution
A demarcation of viable political territories can be a possible solution to the ethnic problem - a germ of an idea from one who cares about Sri Lanka.
S. MUTHIAH (Courtesy: Frontline, India)
FOR over 70 years now, I've straddled the Palk Straits, one foot in each country, but both home.
During the first half and more of that period, I had one foot firmly planted in Ceylon that was to become Sri Lanka. More recently it has been better rooted in Madras that's become Chennai. But my affection and concern for Colombo and Sri Lanka remain as strong as they are for Madras and Tamil Nadu. (more)
