By Jehan Perera –
Jehan Perera
In the space of 15 months, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has visited the North of the country more than any other president or prime minister. These were not flying visits either. The president’s most recent visit to Jaffna last week was on the occasion of Thai Pongal to celebrate the harvest and the dawning of a new season. During the two days he spent in Jaffna, the president launched the national housing project, announced plans to renovate Palaly Airport, to expedite operations at the Kankesanthurai Port, and pledged once again that racism would have no place in the country.
There is no doubt that the president’s consistent presence in the north has had a reassuring effect. His public rejection of racism and his willingness to engage openly with ethnic and religious minorities have helped secure his acceptance as a national leader rather than a communal one. In the fifteen months since he won the presidential election, there have been no inter community clashes of any significance. In a country with a long history of communal tension, this relative calm is not accidental. It reflects a conscious political choice to lower the racial temperature rather than inflame it.
But preventing new problems is only part of the task of governing. While the government under President Dissanayake has taken responsibility for ensuring that anti minority actions are not permitted on its watch, it has yet to take comparable responsibility for resolving long standing ethnic and political problems inherited from previous governments. These problems may appear manageable because they have existed for years, even decades. Yet their persistence does not make them innocuous. Beneath the surface, they continue to weaken trust in the state and erode confidence in its ability to deliver justice.
Core Principle
A core principle of governance is responsibility for outcomes, not just intentions. Governments do not begin with a clean slate. Governments do not get to choose only the problems they like. They inherit the state in full, with all its unresolved disputes, injustices and problematic legacies. To argue that these are someone else’s past mistakes is politically convenient but institutionally dangerous. Unresolved problems have a habit of resurfacing at the most inconvenient moments, often when a government is trying to push through reforms or stabilise the economy.
This reality was underlined in Geneva last week when concerns were raised once again about allegations of sexual abuse that occurred during the war, affecting both men and women who were taken into government custody. Any sense that this issue had faded from international attention was dispelled by the release of a report by the Office of the Human Rights High Commissioner titled “Sri Lanka: Report on conflict related sexual violence”, dated 13.01.26. Such reports do not emerge in a vacuum. They are shaped by the absence of credible domestic processes that investigate allegations, establish accountability and offer redress. They also shape international perceptions, influence diplomatic relationships and affect access to cooperation and support.
Other unresolved problems from the past continue to fester. These include the continued detention of Tamil prisoners under the Prevention of Terrorism Act, in some cases for many years without conclusion, the failure to return civilian owned land taken over by the military during the war, and the fate of thousands of missing persons whose families still seek answers. These are not marginal issues even when they are not at the centre stage. They affect real lives and entire communities. Their cumulative effect is corrosive, undermining efforts to restore normalcy and rebuild confidence in public institutions.
Equal Rights
Another area where delay will prove costly is the resettlement of Malaiyaha Tamil communities affected by the recent cyclone in the central hills, which was the worst affected region in the country. Even as President Dissanayake celebrated Thai Pongal in Jaffna to the appreciation of the people there, Malaiyaha Tamils engaged in peaceful campaigns to bring attention to their unresolved problems. In Colombo at the Liberty Roundabout, a number of them gathered to symbolically celebrate Thai Pongal while also bringing national attention to the issues of their community, in particular the problem of displacement after the cyclone.
The impact of the cyclone, and the likelihood of future ones under conditions of climate change, make it necessary for the displaced Malaiyaha Tamils to be found new places of residence. This is also an opportunity to tackle the problem of their landlessness in a comprehensive manner and make up for decades if not two centuries of inequity. Planning for relocation and secure housing is good governance. This needs to be done soon. Climate related disasters do not respect political timetables. They punish delay and indecision. A government that prides itself on system change cannot respond to such challenges with temporary fixes.
The government appears concerned that finding new places for the Malaiyaha Tamil people to be resettled will lead to land being taken away from plantation companies which are said to be already struggling for survival. Due to the economic crisis the country has faced since it went bankrupt in 2022, the government has been deferential to the needs of company owners who are receiving the most favoured treatment. As a result, the government is contemplating solutions such as high rise apartments and townhouse style housing to minimise the use of land. Such solutions cannot substitute for a comprehensive strategy that includes consultations with the affected population and addresses their safety, livelihoods and community stability.
Lose Trust
Most of those who voted for the government at the last elections did so in the hope that it would bring about system change. They did not vote for the government to reinforce the same patterns that the old system represented. At its core, system change means rebalancing priorities. It means recognising that economic efficiency without social justice is a short-term gain with long-term costs. It means understanding that unresolved ethnic grievances, unaddressed wartime abuses and unequal responses to disaster will eventually undermine any development programme, no matter how well designed. Governance that postpones difficult decisions may buy time, but lose trust.
The coming year will therefore be decisive. The government must show that its commitment to non racism and inclusion extends beyond conflict prevention to conflict resolution. Addressing conflict related abuses, concluding long standing detentions, returning land, accounting for the missing and securing dignified resettlement for displaced communities are not distractions from the government programme. They are central to it. A government committed to genuine change must address the problems it inherited, or run the risk of being overwhelmed when those problems finally demand settlement.
leelagemalli / January 20, 2026
Any government, like it or not, must confront the consequences of taking over the next government.
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That is the fundamental character of politics. However, blaming previous leaders and doing nothing tangible since their takeover is once again stealing people’s valuable time. They have not done much in the last 15 months, and people are suffering even more now. Hatreds spread quickly, as they do in other tribal nations.
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However, the JVP-led government appears to have no knowledge of reconciliation from top to bottom, as evidenced by the president’s public provocative statements such as “those who come from south to Jaffna to observe sil, passing, most sacred Anurapura and other places, are not really for that purpose, but for inciting hatreds”: This should not have come from the president, who is the nation’s first citizen and was elected to ensure peace and healing among all populations. European politicians, particularly ceremonial presidents and other leaders, deliberate before issuing any “Nation deviding public statements”. That should set a precedent for our people.
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The Truth / January 20, 2026
Leela Ge Malli ! Leela Ge Malli ! ( Leela’s younger brother )
I think I can understand your deep hurt, This has damaged your life so badly !
Obviously, your parents looked down on you .They had so much contempt for you that they did not give you a proper name.
They just called you Leela’s ( your elder sister) younger brother.
No proper name !
Like calling Namal ,MR’s son !
Don’t take your frustrations on us .
Your psychology is so deeply harmed that you cannot think of a classy woman without imagining she is covered with body hair. May be you want to attack all women !
Not all women are like your maternal side !
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leelagemalli / January 20, 2026
What’s up with you, sweetheart, hairy deepthis?
Before you came to talk about my user_name in CT, I assumed you would verify the article’s title. When will you and similar extinct animals realize the urgency of the situation? Even our LS, who began his life in our homeland, tries his hardest to see things correctly, but your “malle pol” responses are intolerable. As long as your regular customers don’t complain, I don’t give a damn about your hairy legs.Additionally, if your skin is disturbed by them, there are many of Entharrung creams and treatments available today.
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whywhy / January 21, 2026
L M ,
Hold on , hold on dear ! ” Deepthi is mine , but the kid
is not mine .” I now see who the dad of the kid is !
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whywhy / January 23, 2026
Oh dear dear , more dads than I imagined for the
kid ! Only one is clean to throw the stone !
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leelagemalli / January 20, 2026
Truthie,
What is the size of your compensation? Don’t you believe the Rajapakshes should better use them to feed the poor? Why on earth do the bastards continue to pay for your “bum saving activities” with your siamese twin (Lester aka Mr Nutless)? And how much do you or others like you spend on medicine?
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leelagemalli / January 21, 2026
Readers,
The current government claims that law and order are equal for everybody.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mciTHJM4Src
1) Ranwala, the former speaker whose doctorate is a massive hoax.
He is a professional, not a BSc degree holder. Champika Ranakwaka, an opposition MP, essentially revealed everything.
2) Ranwala’s wife was involved in a car accident, prompting rapid breathalyzer testing. However, ASOKA Ranawala, who caused the collision and injured three people, including a newborn, was not tested with a breathalyzer.
3)The former president’s wife and her professorial award ceremony, as well as his transit in London on his way back home from the United States at the time, were investigated by a 5-member CID committee, but Ranwala’s doctorate remains the “elephant in the room” – but silent. JOKE!
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Ajith / January 20, 2026
“Most of those who voted for the government at the last elections did so in the hope that it would bring about system change. They did not vote for the government to reinforce the same patterns that the old system represented.”
NPP should realise that this is the only chance for them to make system changes to unite the people and country to go forward and prove the people that they are genuine to resolve the problems with a system change. It is not a time to play political game and election game by punishing some of your enemies and protecting some friends. Time is going past and still the challenges are huge. The sixth form reform is a good example of your failure. The system change needs more difficult than a reform and you need the support of the people. It needs you need to tell the people and explain the people why these changes is good for the people and country.
You need the trust, not biased. Can you do it?
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SJ / January 20, 2026
He loves them not!
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nimal fernando / January 20, 2026
LS,
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You surely know this guy from way back when …… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzkxIVPc8Ao
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Native Vedda / January 22, 2026
nimal fernando
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Thanks for the link.
Now listen to our own unique intellectual and tell us if you see any parallels.
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Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka, Diplomat, Political Analyst : A Voice of insight on Sri Lanka’s Journey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50tPQ9iPTMY
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Douglas / January 20, 2026
The writer says: ” In the fifteen months…….there have been no community clashes of any significance”. This is exactly the ‘THORN’ in the eye of the ‘Bauddha Bala Sena’ composed of “Saffron Clothed Fake Buddhist Priests’ and the affiliated political hypocrites, including Wimal Weerawanse, Gammanpila, Patali Champika Ranawak, Prof. Channa Jayasumana, and Dilith Jayaweera of the Opposition. I can understand the affiliation of the ‘Rajapakse Clan’ of ‘Pohottuwa’, but not the SJB of Sajith P. Did you all see how a ‘Stalwart’ of the UNP – Palitha Range Bandara’s visit to Mihinthale Temple Chief with a dish full of ‘HOPPERS’? What does it remind us of and show the shallow and disgusting moral degradation of those who seek power to run a Government? This is the entire composition of the ‘Opposition’ we have.
What is wrong with the reference made by the President observing the ‘Sil Campaign’ at Tissa Vihare? That is the ‘NAKED TRUTH’. After the ‘Confiscation’ of land belonging to the farmers of that village in KKS, the ‘Upaskayas’ led by rebel rousing ‘Buddha Balakaya’ visit there to observe ‘Sil’. My foot. That land must be given back to the rightful ‘OWNERS’ of that village. Period!
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old codger / January 23, 2026
Douglas,
“What does it remind us of and show the shallow and disgusting moral degradation of those who seek power to run a Government? This is the entire composition of the ‘Opposition’ we have.”
I think you should look at many members of the government too. I don’t think that people like Aruna Jayasekera and Sampath Thuyacontha are too comfortable with taking on the racist monks. Monks who dabble in politics should be treated like other politicians. If they insult people, they should be prepared to be insulted.
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Douglas / January 20, 2026
” Government Needs To Address Burden It Inherited”
Burden No: 1 – ‘ Ape Hamuduruwane, Buddhagama Evarai’ On 19th this month, a case filed against 4 ‘Buddhist Monks?’ and 5 other laymen came up in the Trincomalee Magistrate court. They have been charged for ‘Encroaching’ the Trincomalee Beachfront and ‘Installing’ a ‘Buddha Statue’ under an ‘Unauthorised Tent’. A large presence of ‘Buddhist Monks’ was present, among them were prominently present an exMinister of Public Security, Sarath Weerasekera, and another ex Minister Wimal Weerawanse.
Sarath Weerasekera came out of the court and addressed the ‘Mics’ held to him and said: ‘Under this Government our Theravada Buddhagama has been destroyed. Look at how these ‘Buddhist Monks’ and other ‘Bauddha Upasakas’ have been persecuted. We are not allowed to ‘Vadammanna’ (Install) a ‘Buddha Pilime’ on a selected piece of land.”
Burden No 2: “Buddhist Population has Declined” – Recently, ‘Bodu Bala Sena.’
Chairman, Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara, held a ‘Media Talk’ and said: ” The Buddhist mothers have reduced their family size by only producing ‘1’ or ‘2’ children.” He, in fact, provided ‘Statistics’ and said: “Still the Buddhist Mothers are being subjected to ‘Steralization’. Who was present there? None other than ‘Prof? Channa Jayasumne, one of the complainants against Dr. Shafi of Kurunegala hospital.
t.b.c.
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Douglas / January 20, 2026
II. Burden No 3: ” All the Disasters happen because an ‘Evil’ Government is in Power.”
A few days back, an ex Minister (Justice) in Ranil W’s Government, Dr. & PC Wijedasa Rajapakse, held a ‘Media Talk’ and said: ” The recent ‘Dithwa.” came about because a Tyrannical Government of NPP is in power.” Suddenly realizing the ‘Tsunami,’ he explained that it was also caused by the JVP, which was in collaboration with the then Government of Chadika Bandaranayke.
Burden No 4: ” Do Not Change the Systems, but allow them to continue.”
The Government has started prosecuting those who have ‘Robbed’ the people’s coffers. As a result, some are serving jail terms, and many are awaiting trials, including an ex-President (Ranil W) ‘To Be President’, Namal Rjapakse and several other ex Ministers, Wimal Weerawanse, Luxman Yapa Abeywardane, Ranatunga, Johnston Fernando and Sons, Rambukwella and Family, Patali Ranawaka, Mervin Silva, Ranaweera, and Top Bureaucrats.
All these litigations are presented to the public as ‘Deshapalana Paliganeem’, “Political Harassments”.
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Douglas / January 20, 2026
III – Burden No 5: ” Do Not Change the Education System”
The proposed changes are only ‘Promoting’, LGBTQ, and teaching the children to be ‘Immoral’ in their behavior. Surprisingly, SJB the main Opposition in the Parliament, organized a ‘Pol Gahilla’ (Dashing Coconuts) at Katharagama Devale with a group of ‘Parents’ chanting ‘Curse’ and ‘Praying’ in support of God Katharagama to defeat the proposals. The ‘Leader’ of this ‘Ceremony’ was the ‘Chief Organizer of Mathugama’ for SJB, a convicted ‘Criminal’ by the UK courts and ‘Deported’.
In addition, the “Buddha Sangha Samajaya’ has formed an ‘Alliance’ with Namal R of ‘Pohottuwa’ to organize protests. In one of its meetings held in Thambuthegama, the village AKD was born, ‘ Rev. Ithekande Nalak’ said, ‘We will not stop until Namal Rajapakse is installed as the President.
So, NPP ‘Address’ the above ‘Burdens’.
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Mohamed Marzook UK / January 21, 2026
It cannot be denied that Anura Dissanayake and his Govt are determined to put the country in the right direction and within the short period of two years they have shown significant achievement. But the obstacle to the progress in the communal, racist and corruption-mined mixed opposition that is trying to ignite past destructive flames. This negative oppostion has to be dealt with, and it has to be done by the people. Hope it will be done.
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SJ / January 21, 2026
MM
You say “It cannot be denied that Anura Dissanayake and his Govt are determined to put the country in the right direction”.
I am not sure if that is a correct assessment.
But there is something for sure, that they have no sense of direction.
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The IMF shows economic direction and tight rope walking decides political direction.
Please tell me what has been achieved.
You will have a far longer list of excuses than achievements.
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leelagemalli / January 24, 2026
OMG MM_UK,
It cannot be denied that Anura Dissanayake and his Govt are determined to put the country in the right direction and within the short period of two years they have shown significant achievement.”
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Are you perched on your head?Not nearly fifteen months went by. ANURA Disanayaka assumed the presidency.
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How dare you mention a noteworthy accomplishment? What sort of example?
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Additionally, your comment is met with “green thumbs.” Who are these people really? Do they sit on their little heads like you?
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Based on their astute pre-election rhetoric, the AKD administration could have prevented the hundreds of killings during the current flood if they had been more practical. However, compared to a developed nation, human life has no such worth, thus discussing it is pointless.
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nimal fernando / January 21, 2026
1/2,
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There are a lot of people here who praise/believe-in Ranil’s unmatched economic wisdom/ability/competence/un-amateurish-professionalism.
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Can any of them please explain why Ranil always wants to sell everything in sight? ……… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrUTd9L9yGs
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What happened to the billion dollars received from the Chinese for the Hambanthotta Harbour? Was that a brilliant economic move? Where are the results that someone can point to?
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We got a billion dollar loan to build the harbour. We leased it for 99 years and got a billion dollars. Gave the billion to the Chinese to pay back the loan. And the Chinese got the harbour and 4000 acres of surrounding land for free. Can anyone please explain the great economic professionalism in that? …….. It looks like the definition of amateurism to a novice like me. Perhaps there’s something that escapes my amateurism ……. can a professional please explain?
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The math is a little different to what meets the eye …….. but I’m not gonna explain it to disgraceful intellectually dishonest pricks.
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Native Vedda / January 22, 2026
nimal fernando
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“And the Chinese got the harbour and 4000 acres of surrounding land for free. Can anyone please explain the great economic professionalism in that?”
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SJ is the right and only person to deal with questions on Mao, SriMao, China, Polpot, ……
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nimal fernando / January 24, 2026
“What happened to the billion dollars received from the Chinese for the Hambanthotta Harbour? Was that a brilliant economic move? Where are the results that someone can point to?”
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The question is not about the building of the Hambanthota Harbour ………. or how the loans were obtained or ‘Debt Trap Diplomacy:’ none of that.
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The question is very simple: simply what happened to the money received from the leasing. And if it was a brilliant economic-move by Ranil?
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At least even one of you can say a simple Yes or No?
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Let’s not beat about the bush.
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Let’s have some honesty here …….. not the usual protecting the turf ………
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Native Vedda / January 25, 2026
nimal fernando
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“simply what happened to the money received from the leasing.”
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It was set off against the unpaid Chinese part of Loans and interests.
https://www.chathamhouse.org/2020/08/debunking-myth-debt-trap-diplomacy/4-sri-lanka-and-bri
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By the way is it true Ranil does not want to be in active politics.
Did you advise him?
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Do you think Sri Lanka should send an expeditionary force to help Trump liberate Columbia, Cuba, Mexico, Canada, Iceland, Greenland,…….. ?
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Do think Trump is normal?
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nimal fernando / January 24, 2026
“The question is very simple: simply what happened to the money received from the leasing. And if it was a brilliant economic-move by Ranil?”
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I am checking Ranil’s claimed stellar economic credentials: nothing more.
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If it was a brilliant move then someone can surely point out the brilliance of it.
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Example: Warren Buffett made approximately $3.7 billion in total profit from his $5 billion investment in Goldman Sachs during the 2008 financial crisis. This 3-year deal yielded $1.27 billion in dividends (10% annual rate) and, when the preferred shares were redeemed in 2011, a $500 million redemption premium, plus significant gains from warrants exercised later.
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Now that’s a good move by Buffett that someone can point to with numbers and facts.
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Can someone please do a similar analysis to show the brilliance of Ranil’s move to lease the harbour to the Chinese?
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This not against the Chinese or even Ranil ……. I simply want to know the financial facts/numbers. Thanks.
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nimal fernando / January 24, 2026
Here are some facts/numbers from AI. It looks like it’s not 4,000 but 15,000 acres.
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Based on the 2017 lease agreement, the Chinese did not get 4,000 acres, but rather a far larger, roughly 15,000-acre (approximately 6,000-hectare) area surrounding the Hambantota port, to be used for the port itself and a surrounding special economic/industrial zone.
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Here are the key details regarding the 2017 Hambantota Port deal:
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• The Transaction: In December 2017, Sri Lanka formally handed over the Hambantota Port to China Merchants Port Holdings (CMPort) on a 99-year lease for $1.12 billion.
• The Land: The lease included not only the port itself but also about 15,000 acres of surrounding land for an industrial zone. Some reports initially mentioned 5,000 or 15,000 acres in different contexts (such as industrial zone planning), but 15,000 acres is the widely reported figure for the overall area involved in the long-term, 99-year agreement.
• Purpose: The land was provided to create a massive Chinese-run industrial zone.
• Context: The deal was part of a debt-equity swap arrangement designed to help Sri Lanka repay loans to Chinese firms used to build the underperforming port.
• Although the agreement caused significant controversy regarding national security and sovereignty, the deal was signed with assurances that the port would be used for commercial, rather than military, purposes.
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Now, can someone argue the brilliance of it, please?
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nimal fernando / January 25, 2026
If no one can point to the brilliance of Ranil’s harbour deal …….. it looks like none of you see the brilliance.
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To me, the terms of the deal look like somewhat of a betrayal of the country by Ranil (nothing against the Chinese, perhaps anyone would’ve accepted the deal under those terms) ……. albeit made under duress to relieve some interest-paying pressures. Looks like a long-term betrayal for some short-term relief. Ranil knew, the real impact would be felt long after he is gone/departed.
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Then, would you esteemed gentlemen, have the intellectual honesty and the courage to accept, the myth propagated/thoughtlessly-repeated is nothing but the claimed stellar economic capabilities of Ranil?
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Thanks.
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SJ / January 23, 2026
Some inconvenient facts for thoughtless repeaters of popular myths:
https://www.chathamhouse.org/2020/08/debunking-myth-debt-trap-diplomacy/4-sri-lanka-and-bri
https://groundviews.org/2025/09/01/sri-lanka-china-and-debt-trap-diplomacy/
https://thediplomat.com/2020/01/the-hambantota-port-deal-myths-and-realities/
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old codger / January 24, 2026
SJ,
This line is very revealing:
“Dr. Dushni Weerakoon and Professor Sisira Jayasuriya also highlight that Sri Lanka’s debt problem is not made in China — successive Sri Lankan governments borrowed from international markets despite the persistent fiscal and current account deficits, resulting in a vicious cycle when debt repayments came due”
Living beyond one’s means has consequences.
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nimal fernando / January 21, 2026
2/2,
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Native, for once in your sorry sad existence why don’t you leave aside Mao/Sirimavo/PolPot/Prabakaran/Weerawansa/Gundu …… and focus on the real bastards who did the greatest damage to the country?
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If guys like you always play this insincere duplicitous double-game ……. what hope has the country got?
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It’s not the personality/who what matters but the deed.
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Does it matter if Buddha and Christ and Vishnu and Allah hold hands and together screw the country? We should accept it because who they are?
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And if Satan and Lucifer and Beelzebub hold hands and do good we shouldn’t accept it? ……… because who they are?
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Native Vedda / January 22, 2026
nimal fernando
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“…. for once in your sorry sad existence why don’t you leave aside Mao/Sirimavo/PolPot/Prabakaran/Weerawansa/Gundu …… and focus on the real bastards who did the greatest damage to the country?”
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Did you hear Namal baby, mummy’s boy Sajith, Ranil, ….. wanted to protect Buddhism.
Now please tell me who is going to protect Buddhism from them?
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Thanga / January 21, 2026
Jehan Perera has long argued for peace, inter-ethnic coexistence, equality before the law, and genuine good governance. His writing is consistent, principled, and inconvenient. That is precisely why successive governments—and now the NPP administration—largely ignore him.
Anura Dissanayake’s repeated visits to the North, including his latest trip to mark Thai Pongal, are rich in symbolism but poor in substance. Thai Pongal is a national festival of the Tamils, transcending religion and politics. Yet the president once again chose ceremony over candour, carefully sidestepping the core grievances of the Tamil people.
There was not a word on the continued military occupation of Tamil lands since 2009. No commitment to the long-delayed Provincial Council elections. No acknowledgement of Tamil political prisoners. No reference to state-sponsored Sinhala settlements in the North and East under the Mahaweli Development scheme. These are not marginal issues; they define the postwar Tamil experience.
What did appear was the familiar theatre of power: crowds assembled with the help of free CTB transport, a tactic perfected by past regimes to manufacture consent rather than earn it.
In effect, the self-styled leftist government is speaking the language of reform while practising the politics of evasion. The surge in popular support—from a marginal 3 percent to an overwhelming 58 percent—was built on promises of systemic change.
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Rohan25 / January 21, 2026
Hi Thanga, I gave this link somewhere else too, but giving it again here as the topic pertains more to this article than the other
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO8GeFDCmo0
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SJ / January 21, 2026
“Jehan Perera …. His writing is consistent, principled, and inconvenient. That is precisely why successive governments—and now the NPP administration—largely ignore him.”
So, you do not remember how he sings a different tune when political winds change!
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leelagemalli / January 23, 2026
Mr SJ,
Our comment posters are suffering from selective amnesia.Aiyo srilanka!
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Ajith / January 23, 2026
“Jehan Perera …. His writing is consistent, principled, and inconvenient. That is precisely why successive governments—and now the NPP administration—largely ignore him.”
If you are really interested in the country or island, it is not important the name Jehan Perera or whether it is the governments or political parties or individuals. What is important factor is what about the author had emphasised here which is the current government has to resolve the problems which was going through the period from 1948 until now. It is not a secret that ethnic problem which took this island to bankruptcy, and destruction of rule of law, biased judiciary, civilians deaths, corruption, power hungry and poverty. Rather than blaming the writer or rulers or opposition parties, how you can bring the peace, what are the barriers, how can you solve the problems etc.
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nimal fernando / January 21, 2026
“Jehan Perera …. His writing is consistent, principled, and inconvenient. That is precisely why successive governments—and now the NPP administration—largely ignore him.”
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Jehan is better ignored.
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Jehan is a “think tank” guy sponsored and paid by NGOs. There are a few like him in Lanka living cushy lives feasting on the misery of others.
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Try to understand one simple fact …….. if there is peace and harmony in Lanka Jehan will be out of work/job.
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He is doing nothing but creating disharmony between minorities and the government ……. to continue his easy existence without honest toil.
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He is no different to the dishonest crooked twisted politicians and clergy …… who should be taken away from the matters of the country and put to hard labour ……. if any problem is to be solved.
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We have too many of them!
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I can be honest because I pay myself.
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Simple.
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