Posts Tagged ‘Chandrika Kumaratunga’
Former Sri Lankan President speaks out on Killing Fields
[Channel 4 News] Former Sri Lankan President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga delivered a landmark speech in Colombo on Sunday in which she spoke of the horror her children expressed after viewing Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields. [Full Story]
Read MoreChandrika Kumaratunga berates Sri Lankan government
[BBC] Former Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga has condemned the current government, saying it has failed to win peace in the country after the war. [Full Story]
Read MoreIndia-Sri Lanka accord sabotaged by governments in Colombo: Kumaratunga
[India eNews] Successive governments in Colombo have spiked the provisions of the 1987 India-Sri Lanka accord aimed at devolving powers to provinces in the island nation, former Sri Lankan president Chandrika Kumaratunga has said. Had the devolution of powers taken place earlier, Sri Lanka’s dragging ethnic conflict might have ended a long time ago, Kumaratunga…
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