Vibooshika’s appeal hits the heart of governance

The half way mark of the 100-day governance reform program of the government approaches against the backdrop of discernible public impatience with the pace of reform and in particular, the anti-corruption drive.

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Chief Minister Wigneswaran on Tamil aspirations:

‘Independence and corresponding power within a united country’

Northern Province Chief Minister Canagasabapathy Visuvalingam Wigneswaran PC shot to political prominence when he was plucked from retirement as a Supreme Court Judge by the Tamil National Alliance to be their leader for the war-battered, but staunchly independent, people of the North.

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African expertise for a truth commission?

Soon after the meeting between Sri Lankan officials and their South African counterparts, the Foreign Ministry issued a statement that did not divulge any details of having discussions on the lines of a truth seeking mechanism for which Sri Lanka will be asking south Africa's expertise.

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