Rajapakse Administration’s choices with the TNA
Photograph courtesy The Independent- - on 10/24/2013
The Rajapakse Administration’s desire to host the a global event, the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGAM) suddenly forced the Administration to do something which was anathema to its decision making hard line Sinhala nationalist brain trust, which was to have to heed and take note of international opinion and global standards, especially on ethnic minority and human rights. They just could not have the luxury of straddling the world stage ceremoniously as CHOGAM hosts and ignoring international norms, standards and opinion. To do the former, they had to accommodate and deal with the latter.
