BUDGET BALLAST for economy
The Budget Speech delivered last week, Mr
Speaker, lays down a range of imaginative and constructive policies
which it is an honour to support. The hallmark of great Liberal
governments at a time of social change was the pursuit of reform
that promoted opportunities for all,
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Riot DECONSTRUCTED
Last week, the much awaited budget speech by
President Mahinda Rajapaksa was driven from the main news spot by
the story of the riot by assault rifle toting inmates of the
Welikada Prison and its suppression with loss of life.
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IN THE CAUSE OF JUSTICE?
Justice must not only be done, it must
manifestly and undoubtedly seen to be done, and a person who holds a
UN post as important as that of a special rapporteur, should be able
to discern the difference between a situation of unwanted
interference -- and maintaining the integrity of the judiciary.
Perhaps, she has to be forgiven for not studying the antecedents of
this entire imbroglio. If she did some nosing around as requisite
homework for her statement, she would have realized that it is the
Sri Lankan opposition and Sri Lankan civil society that first called
for the Chief Justice’s resignation,
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