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Where will Fonseka go from here? |
Retired General Sarath Fonseka continues to boycott the sessions before a senior Army officer tasked to record a 'summary of evidence', the prelude to his facing trial before a General Court Martial (GCM). He maintains that he is now a civilian and is therefore no longer subject to military law. As our front page report today reveals, his attorney, President's Counsel Wijedasa Rajapaksa, confirmed this. |
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They are still waiting, still hesitating |
“Thaaththa,” Bindu Udagedera asked, “what is all this fuss about the Reds and the Greens?”
“Why, Bindu,” Bindu’s father Percy asked, “what about them?”
“Why, thaaththa,” Bindu said, “they say that they are going their separate ways now…”
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| The Economic Analysis |
Three vital economic sectors threatened by political unrest |
The current political unrest and tensions will impair the country’s economic development. At the end of the war there was every prospect of the economy being revitalized and developed. There was a strong expectation of a trajectory of rapid economic growth. What happened was different. The country is in a state of confusion with each day bringing fresh concerns of instability and uncertainty. |
| Lobby |
Not issued with this week |
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| Focus on Rights |
Our slide on the democratic index |
On the one hand, a former professor of law now turned strident government propagandist, Minister GL Peiris tells us that the due process of law is being followed in governmental actions against its critics. On the other hand, we have the unreservedly peculiar spectacle of magistrates routinely releasing opposition politicians, journalists and activists arrested and detained by the police and the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) on the basis that there had been no evidence to arrest and detain them in the first place. |
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