Sri Lanka’s future as a post-conflict state
September 19, 2013
The President has expressed his annoyance with the TNA Manifesto, perhaps because of their demand for the merger of the north and east – the original provisions of the 13th Amendment which were overturned by a Chief Justice who lawyers would say certainly exceeded his mandate.At the end of every conflict there is a peace treaty or agreement where the two sides that engaged in the conflict agree to cooperate in future on some agreed basis. The Government has failed to engage in such talks and reach a solution to the demands of the Tamils despite promises to India and the UN.
