Paikiasothy saravanamuttu biography of rory

I was a PhD student in London when the carnage of July erupted and thank God for the bravery and foresight of my mother and sister, my family was saved from…. Photo courtesy The distinguishing feature of Gotabaya Rajapaksa and indeed, at the same time the cause for concern with regard to him, is that he was never elected to any office until….

Image courtesy TJ Sri Lanka There is no getting away from the issue of international participation in the accountability mechanism, specifically that of foreign judges. Ceylon Tamil civil servant and sports administrator. Early life and family [ edit ]. Career [ edit ]. References [ edit ]. Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon.

The Sunday Times Sri Lanka. Thomas' College". Daily News Sri Lanka. Zameer Careem b. He is committed to raising awareness about ethnic minorities, promoting diversity, equity, reconciliation, and tolerance, as well as preserving history and heritage for posterity. About CPA The Centre for Policy Alternatives CPA was formed in the firm belief that there is an urgent need to strengthen institution and capacity-building for good governance and conflict transformation in Sri Lanka and that non-partisan civil society groups have an important and constructive contribution to make to this process.

Vision A liberal democratic Sri Lanka. Mission To strengthen the civil society contribution to public policy making through programmes of research and advocacy in the areas of democratic governance and peace with human rights as an overarching priority. Objectives The objectives of the Centre are: To contribute to public accountability in governance through the strengthening of the awareness in society of all aspects of public policy and policy implementation.

To make inputs into the public policy-making and implementation process in the constitutional, legislative and administrative spheres to ensure responsible and good governance. To propose to the government and parliament and all other policy-making bodies and institutions, constructive policy alternatives aimed at strengthening and safeguarding democracy, pluralism, the Rule of Law, human rights and social justice.

To focus attention on the social and political consequences of development. To contribute towards the conflict resolution process in Sri Lanka and the South Asian region, so as to strengthen institution and capacity-building for democratic governance in multi-ethnic and pluralist societies. The rationale for the executive presidency was that economic development required strong government — however, whilst Mr Jayawardene was President we had civil wars in the north and in the south of the country.

Politics and economics cannot be separated. We are still paying for the opportunity costs of the economic investment foregone by the majoritarian and populist policies of these two regimes, laced with a not inconsiderable dose of authoritarianism. And very fundamentally the ethnic division nurtured and exacerbated by these regimes, deepened divisions amongst the people.

A divided people with simmering resentment and bitterness can never succeed Q CPA filed a fundamental rights application challenging the appointment of Dhammika Perera to parliament on a national seat, and the court dismissed your case refusing leave to proceed. What was of such concern for CPA to litigate the issue when there are many more pressing issues?

The importance of our petition derives from the importance of Parliament the lawmaking institution of our formal if flawed democracy. Parliament or the legislature is one of the key institutions of governance along with the executive and the legislature. Therefore, who becomes an MP is of fundamental importance to us all. Apart from the issue of Mr.

With regard to choosing our battles, I do not think that this is one that we should have ignored precisely because of the major and significant conflict of interest issues. Unfortunately, no one else picked it up. Q Do you think the current PM, Ranil Wickremesinghe is handling the current economic crisis in the best way possible, or is there room for improvement?

The jury is still out, though I think he is doing his best given the circumstances of having to rely on SLPP support and no conditions for his taking the job. The social welfare network and support to the poorest sections of the population whose numbers are increasing are key. Effective communication of what the government is doing and why is vitally essential.

Q Do you feel that young Sri Lankans have become a force to contend with or are they losing momentum? I do believe that young Sri Lankans are a force to be reckoned with — they have forced Mahinda Rajapaksa to resign and his brother Basil too. Most importantly in their non-violent struggle, they have presented a vision of what Sri Lanka should and could be — non-violent and respecting, as well as celebrating our ethnic and religious diversity.

This must be maintained. I do hope that they will move from being a struggle of protest to active political involvement in the next round of elections and also focus on ways out of the crisis without detriment to their key demand with respect to the current president and accountability for the alleged theft of funds. We need fresh, constructive, and innovative thinking in our politics and they can certainly contribute this.

Q If asked would you rise to the challenge and take up politics?

Paikiasothy saravanamuttu biography of rory

Electoral politics? Why not?. The President has said that he does not want to go down in history as a failure, that he will complete his term, and that he will not seek another. The protestors maintain their demand that he should go and have now included the current Prime Minister as well. Where this situation remains, change will have to wait upon a presidential election in and a general election in Therefore, we have a stalemate.