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...ASIA Sri Lanka: Political Crisis China: Pride and Prejudice...
...ASIA Sri Lanka: Political Crisis China: Pride and Prejudice...
...political crisis sweeping Sri Lanka, personal animosity has triumphed over good governance?and could even jeopardize the fragile peace. President Chandrika Kumaratunga's moves last week to sack three senior ministers, suspend Parliament and impose a state of emergency?all while her Prime Minister was overseas?represented, even her party members admit, a naked power grab rather than an attempt to protect "national security" as she claimed. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's return to Colombo three days later and his triumphant procession to the cheers of tens of thousands were, his supporters agree, premature victory celebrations. To the north...
...first time the Tigers explicitly withdrew their claim to create a separate nation in the north and east of the country. "[Kumaratunga] has erased at a stroke the personal rapport and confidence built up between the Tigers and members of the government," says Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, executive director of Sri Lanka's nongovernmental Center for Policy Alternatives. "At best, the peace process is in cold storage. At worst, anything could happen...
...ASIA Sri Lanka: Political Crisis China: Pride and Prejudice...