conscientious sinhalese tell llrc

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Sri Lan"a: Conscientious Sinhalese tell LLC about in#ustice to ethnic minorities $rom the time o$independence%194&' till toda(

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s1?000/- each $or this purpose? was a re)ular occurrence in man( parts o$ the cit(. Tamils? who couldreadil( be identi$ied as such $rom their ational Adentit( Cards? were at the merc( o$ the law-en$orcement a)encies which arbitraril( en$orced e*en laws o$ their own ma"in).cept $or brie$ periods when Bresident Bremadasa and Bresident Gumaratun)e made $eeble attemptsat reconciliation? there were no consistent attempts made to see" reconciliation. At was limited tolac"adaisical e$$orts to de$eat the LTT militaril(. an( Tamils were dri*en to $eel that it was better to$i)ht and die rather than li*e li"e sla*esU? in the hope that? at least the( would )et a $ree state whereTamils can li*e a li$e o$ di)nit(UK.>>%an eminent law(er and past Bresident o$ the r)anisation o$ Bro$essional 6ssociations'

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e*en now? but that )u(s who are rich and power$ul and political wri))le their wa( down the laws and interms o$ the mandate o$ the Commission o$ pre*entin) $uture trouble it is *er( important to set thatprocess into re*erse with a political will.>>

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)o*ernance )ap. This is important and must be addressed as one mo*es on to a process o$reconciliation. econciliation must be en*isioned within an institutional $ramewor" $or democratic)o*ernance = more democratic )o*ernance than what we ha*e had so $ar. K. Sri Lan"a>s eperience inde*olution under the 12th 6mendment has su$$ered $rom inadeEuacies in desi)n as well as in practiceespeciall( $rom a lac" o$ coherence and commitment in mo*in) $rom centraliDed to de*ol*ed)o*ernance. >> %oonawardana was $ormer Chairman o$ inance Commission and ecuti*e o*ernor o$ar)a Anstitute'

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