Peace for the World

Peace for the World
First democratic leader of Justice the Godfather of the Sri Lankan Tamil Struggle: Honourable Samuel James Veluppillai Chelvanayakam

Sunday, August 23, 2015

From Real Election to Realpolitik

Photograph courtesy Wall Street Journal


Groundviews
“His (Mahinda Rajapaksa’s) chief interest will be to strike a deal on the corruption investigations against himself and his family.”
Manik de Silva (CNN – 19.8.2015)
The UPFA fought two consecutive elections in an imaginary country and lost them both. In that imaginary country the minority vote was of less value and weight; and the absolute majority of Sinhala-Buddhists yearned to live under the patriotic-yoke of the Rajapaksas.