Sri Lanka: Rights, Accountability & People’s Hopes - Colombo Telegraph

Rights, Accountability and People’s Hopes - Groundviews

Photo courtesy of Al Jazeera Over the past elections, the people of Sri Lanka have spoken clearly. They placed their trust in the NPP, not out of blind loyalty, but out of desperation for change, for what was popularly called system change. However, that electoral victory did not grant the NPP the licence to act

Sri Lanka: Rights, Accountability & People’s Hopes - Colombo Telegraph

By Lionel Bopage – Dr. Lionel Bopage Over the past elections, the people of Sri Lanka have spoken clearly. They placed their trust in the NPP, not out of blind loyalty, but out of desperation for change—for what was popularly called “system change.” However, that electoral victory did not grant the NPP the licence to act with impunity. Rather, it created a moral and political obligation to deliver on the promise of fairness, opportunity, and res…