Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 14th June 2025
The proposal to repeal Penal Code Sections 365 and 365A, under the guise of “ending discrimination” while “safeguarding children,” is a constitutional contradiction, a religious violation, and a national betrayal. As clarified by the Supreme Court’s 2024 Gender Equity...
Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 12th June 2025
Sri Lanka is a nation proud of its rich culture, deep religious traditions, and warm hospitality. Tourists from around the world come here to experience our heritage, natural beauty, and vibrant society. Yet,...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Lessons for Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 9th June 2025
In 2023, a deceptively packaged proposal was tabled to amend Section 365 and fully repeal Section 365A of Sri Lanka’s Penal Code — laws that currently criminalize unnatural sexual acts and gross indecency. LGBTQIA+ lobbyists and their foreign-funded...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Crimes of the West / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 6th June 2025
At only 32, Captain Ibrahim Traoré took the reins of Burkina Faso in 2022 through a military-led transition of power. In less than three years, he has emerged as a prominent figure in...
Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / Ethno-Religious Issues
by Shenali Waduge · Published 4th June 2025
Sri Lanka’s Sections 365 and 365A, enacted during colonial times and strengthened in 1995 and 2006, protect children from sexual exploitation, including same-sex abuse. Private consensual acts, where adults are involved, are not the...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues
by Shenali Waduge · Published 31st May 2025
The Myth that shaped a Movement: For decades, the claim that people are “born gay” has been the foundation of modern LGBTQIA+ activism. As a result it has unfairly shaped court decisions, education policy,...
Constitution Related / Ethno-Religious Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 27th May 2025
OPEN LETTER 27 May 2025 To: Hon. Harshana Nanayakkara Minister of Justice, National Integration Ministry of Justice, Colombo, Sri Lanka Subject: Repealing Penal Code Sections 365 and 365A will endanger 6.1 Million Sri Lankan...
Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / Lessons for Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 26th May 2025
To: Justice L.T.B. Dehideniya Chairman Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka Colombo Subject: Rejection of HRC’s Proposal to Repeal Sections 365 & 365A: A Call to Protect 6.1million of Sri Lanka’s Children, Culture,...
Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Ethno-Religious Issues / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 23rd April 2025
Sri Lanka is & must remain a Sinhala Buddhist nation not out of exclusion, but out of historical truth, civilizational continuity, and spiritual responsibility. For over 2,500 years, Sinhala Buddhist kings built this...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Lessons for Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 17th April 2025
Sri Lanka’s current judicial system stems from Judicature Act 2 of 1978 influenced by English & Roman-Dutch Law a carry-forward from Dutch to British colonial rule. Unfortunately, the leaders of post-independence forgot...
