13A and NPC Elections:Extreme Sinhalese and Tamil Disaffections

Rajan Philips-August 24, 2013,

Disaffection has two different, not necessarily opposite, meanings: hostility and disillusionment. 13A and the NPC elections have provoked both hostility and disillusionment. Those who are hostile insist that 13A was imposed on a weak Sri Lankan President, is an infringement of and a threat to Sri Lanka’s sovereignty, and is not acceptable to the Sinhalese. On the other hand, those who are disillusioned claim that the Tamils never accepted 13A as a fair basis for a political solution, and that it is structurally disempowered and will be ineffectual in execution in the Northern Province.

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