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Posted on July 10th, 2021
By : A.A.M.NIZAM – ,MATARA
Freedom to Duminda
Silva : Presidential Commission dismisses a seven-judge ruling
The Presidential
Commission to Investigate incidents of Political Revenge has recommended to
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa that former parliamentarian Duminda Silva, who was
sentenced to death in connection with the assassination of former
parliamentarian Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra, should have been acquitted and
released.
The Commission
decided that Duminda Silva should have been acquitted of all charges in the
indictment filed against him in the Colombo High Court, the report said. The
three-member Presidential Commission, chaired by retired Supreme Court Judge
Upali Abeyratne, was appointed by the President on January 9, 2020. Retired
by Malinda Seneviratne
This column focuses on local politics. As opposed to global affairs. However, ‘local-global’ is, as sociologists would point out, a false dichotomy. What happens or rather can happen here is by and large determined by overarching global political and economic structures. Local affairs don’t always shape global processes unless the particular ‘local’ enjoys privileged position in the overall structure, but they can inform the manner in which particular countries or country-collectives engage.
Let’s start with a few examples.
The previous government was the darling of Western powers. The leaders believed that the West would help. Then came Brexit. The leaders got the jitters. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe suddenly opened his eyes and saw ‘The East’. This, after seniors in that administration, before and after the January 2015 election had made many disparaging comments about China, as one would expect for their view of the world was lar