By Shamindra Ferdinando Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka last Wednesday (19) explained why the Tamil electorate voted for him at the January 26, 2010, presidential election. The explanation coincided with the low-key 12th anniversary of Sri Lanka’s triumph over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). In other words, Sri Lanka’s most successful Army Chief emphasized […]
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As China’s influence grows in Sri Lanka, the Lankan parliament on Thursday passed a law introducing a powerful economic commission to regulate enormously Chinese luxury oceanside development after hampering the elements of the bill for Chinese-built port in the city of Hambantota.
Sri Lankan with a kick start on becoming Chinese colony decided to postpone a debate on the controversial Bill submitted for the port city called the “Colombo Port City Economic Commission Bill”. All party leaders in the House agreed on rescheduling of debate, as the Supreme Court’s determination on the bill had not yet reached Parliament.
The long-term threat posed to Sri Lanka s territorial integrity and the possible de facto usurpation of the Lankan people s sovereign rights seem not to have been looked askance but tossed aside in the face of promised Chinese trinkets, a .