The 19A Allows Private Broadcasters To Legally Skew Elections!

By Wijayananda Jayaweera – (This article was first published in the Colombo Telegraph on the 30 March 2015) The new clause 26 of the proposed constitutional amendment allows private broadcasters to ignore the Election Commission’s media guidelines if the broadcaster informs the EC in advance of its intention to support a particular a political party of its choice. TheContinue reading “The 19A Allows Private Broadcasters To Legally Skew Elections!”

New Constitution and Religious Freedom

By Wijayananda Jayaweera – (This article was published in the Colombo Telegraph on the 20th March 2016) On religious freedoms and introducing a rights based approach to development in the new constitution In his set of proposals for a new constitution, Dr. Laksiri Fernando has rightly pointed out the need to include fundamental rights in a much more comprehensiveContinue reading “New Constitution and Religious Freedom”