From devolution to the deep blue sea
FUTURE IRONY: The simmering agitation in Tamil Nadu against President Rajapaksa may well be the gift he needs for re-election for a third term. Photo: M. Moorthy
DAYAN JAYATILLEKA-June 18, 2013
By pitching their political ambitions higher than the Sri Lankan constitution’s existing provisions on provincial autonomy under the 13th amendment, Tamil nationalists have played into the hands of Sinhalese hardliners
A political battle of major proportions, perhaps the most portentous in years, is looming in Sri Lanka this year and is being preceded by a debate amounting to a battle of ideas. The matter at hand is the much delayed and deferred election to the Northern Provincial Council.
