SRI LANKA: 18th Amendment to the Constitution - Sri Lanka Guardian

About the Debate: Note from the Editorial

The debate started after we published the article written by Dayan Jayathillake entitled "Hardly the death of democracy or the Nation". (Sri Lanka Guardian September 12, 2010).

Basil Fernando of the Asian Human Rights Commission joined with the debate with an idea as to how freedom will certainly suffer death under the circumstances brought about by the 18th Amendment. He pointed out that killing institutions is worse than killing people. During the debate he argued from a historical point of view taken from the political culture of Sri Lanka.

Following Mr. Fernando's contribution the Javahalar Neru University research scholar, Avinash Panday Samar joined in with the idea that 'Nations don't die, they are murdered!' Avinash's approach was based on theory of political/social science. He tried to compare the situation in India and Pakistan with the situation in Sri Lanka. Later another one of our regular contributors, Peral Thevanayagam joined the debate and she questioned Dayan Jayathilleka saying that he is far from real ground situation compared to Basil Fernando.




These four contributors put forward the idea that politics in Sri Lanka were more to do with personal interests rather than political ideology. The Sri Lanka Guardian believes that this is an opportunity for everyone to debate the issues so that all of us may remain in touch with a particular subject. We welcome all of your ideas, not only on this issue but on any issue which may arise in the future. As our slogan says, "We are the voice of people of Sri Lanka". We are interested in your opinion on any issue pertaining to Sri Lanka. Please feel free to express your opinions.

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