NPC: Prudence Prevails For Now
By Dayan Jayatilleka -July 6, 2013
Dr Dayan Jayatilleka
Finally, a pragmatic perception, however episodic, of reality– and a prudent policy move results. With President Rajapaksa’s decision to announce the holding of the election to the Northern Provincial Council after almost a quarter of a century (taken together with the re-arrest of the suspects in the murder of the Trinco 5), Sri Lanka seems about to take a significant step in the right direction; the next logical step forward – deferred imprudently for four years– after the victory over separatist terrorism in May 2009.