Twisting the law to serve criminal ends
Lankan sleuth’s studies of the Italian Mafia :
Those who have seen the award winning movies
Godfather I and Godfather II will have a fair idea of the vengeful
and despicable nature of the Italian Mafia - also known as the
Sicilian Mafia. In the 1986 they were at the peak of their power
when Sri Lanka’s Ramachandra Sunderalingam joined the Interpol - the
France-based International Criminal Police Organization.
Sunderalingam, an internationally-recognized narcotic drugs expert
was senior DIG (Crimes), Colombo before retirement and was one of
those who foresaw 30 years ago the rise of the North’s separatist
insurgency.
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On obligatory amnesia and unforgettable images
My friend Thusha has kindly sent me a
fascinating document by Eduardo Galeano. It is called ‘The Right to
Rave’, a manifesto and a wish list at the same time. The list was
prefaced. ‘In 1948 and again in 1976, the United Nations proclaimed
long lists of human rights, but the immense majority of humanity
enjoys only the rights to see, hear and remain silent. Suppose we
start by exercising the never-proclaimed right to dream? Suppose we
rave a bit? Let’s set our sights beyond the abominations of today to
divine another possible world.’
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Promotion of discipline, equity and social justice
The two themes that seemed to reverberate were
those of submission to the International Monetary Fund and
carelessness in dealing with the International Community. There were
charges of inconsistency this morning from the Brains Trust of the
Opposition, Kabir Hashim, who failed singularly to grasp that this
budget is based on three very simple principles. They are fiscal
responsibility, social justice and national unity and security. The
last of these had for obvious reasons had to predominate in the past
few years, and it is satisfying that now the Opposition too at least
pays lip service to this principle.
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