By  The Sri Lanka Study Circle  Mr Biden, we the members of the Sri Lanka Study Circle in the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, a founding member of the Non Aligned Movement – the largest organised grouping of nations after the UN –  that initiated a UN General Assembly Resolution in 1971 which was […]

Sri Lanka Study Circle”  ‘We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield And Mahinda we call to lead the field’ -With apologies to […]

by Senior Lawyer – Sri  Lanka Study Circle  [I refer to the article  appearing in the  Daily FT on the 22nd  titled ‘ History repeating – Are we going to lose MCC or not by  an international development expert– ]   It is understandable if   a  non-lawyer does not  understand the   Legal Packages  included  in the MCC   […]

from The Sri Lanka Study Circle   Dear Parliamentarians,  We urge you to refrain from voting for any Amendment to the Constitution that would permit foreign citizens to enter Sri Lanka’s Parliament and hold political office. This is the newest tactic being used by the former Colonial Powers to re-colonise our Country.  If you vote in favour […]

By Sri Lanka Study Circle This is a response to the article by Shenali Waduge on MCC and relating it to the claim by a MP that the MCC will be signed but subject to Sri Lankan Law. Unfortunately, the statement from this MP has come AFTER the article showing how foreign laws will prevail […]

by Sri Lanka Study Circle  Mr. Basil Rajapaksa, Special Representative of the President and Head of the Presidential Task Force on Economic Revival and Poverty Eradication, symbolically handed over the first batch of face masks from a production of 200 million face masks for export by Brandix, to U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives […]

by The Sri Lanka Study Circle  In 2009 the people of Sri Lanka led by their Commander in Chief Mahinda Rajapakse and his Army, ably led by Sarath Fonseka, decimated Prabhakaran and his gang of proxy – terrorists who were attempting to carve out a portion of Sri Lanka to set up the State of ‘Eelam’. […]

By Senior Lawyer Sri Lanka Study Circle [ srilankastudycircle@yahoo.com ] Parliament has enacted legislative framework for the e register [ e  LR ] modeled on the  Australian ‘Torrens System’ of title registration (Registration of Titles Act No. 21 of 1998, popularised as Bim Saviya / Title Registration ).  This has convulsive    changes to our land […]

A paper submitted by the Sri Lanka Study Circle Mahinda Rajapakse led the Pohottuwa to an unparalleled victory at the Parliamentary Elections held on 05 Aug 20, surpassing the expectations of many patriotic forces in the country. If 19 November 2019 was Gotabaya’s day, 05 August 2020 was, without argument, Mahinda’s day. Mahinda led from […]

Sri Lanka Study Circle” The Sri Lanka Study Circle thanks the efforts of some patriotic people for the images reproduced below If Gota does not open HIS mouth now and categorically and unambiguously say NO to MCC, SOFA and ACSA, the images below may well serve to be a prediction of the fate of Sri […]

By Sri Lanka Study Circle We, the members of the Sri Lanka Study Circle in the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, a founding member of the Non Aligned Movement – the largest organised grouping of Nations after the UN –  that initiated a UN General Assembly Resolution in 1971 which was unanimously adopted by […]

Issued by The Sri Lanka Study Circle We, the members of the Sri Lanka Study Circle in the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, a founding member of the Non-Aligned Movement, were shocked to learn from a reputed local television channel that on 04 June 2020, an American diplomat, brushing aside officers performing their duties, […]

නීති පරීක්ෂණ කණ්ඩායම අප රටේ 1. ඉඩම් ප‍්‍රතිපත්තිය 2. ඉඩම් නීති 3*. ඉඩම් ආයතන සියල්ල වෙනස් කිරීමට දැඩි උත්සාහයක් දරති. මෙසේ කිරීමට ආධාර ලබා ගැනීමට අත්සන් තබන අන්තර්ජාතික ගිවිසුම් වල කැපීපෙනෙන කොන්දේසියක් වන්නේ ඉඩම් සම්බන්ධයෙන් අධිකරණයට ඇති බලය අහෝසි කර ඉඩම් හිමියන්ට උසාවියට පිවිසීමට ඇති මූල්‍යමය අයිතිය අවම කිරීමය. මෙය ගෝලීකරණ වැඩසටහනේ කොටසකි. ශේ‍්‍රෂ්ඨාධිකරණ විනිසුරුවරයෙකු […]

නීති පරීක්ෂණ කණ්ඩායම    අප රටේ  1] ඉඩම් ප්‍රතිපත්තිය,  2] ඉඩම් නීති 3] ඉඩම් ආයතන  සියල්ල     වෙනස් කිරීමට දැඩි උත්සහයක් දරති.   මෙසේ  කිරීමට  ආධාර  ලබාගැනී මට  අත්සන් තබන  අන්තර්ජාතික  ගිවිසුම් වල   කැපීපෙනෙන කොන්දෙසියක්වන්නේ   ඉඩම් සම්බන්දයෙන්  අදිකරණයට ඇති    බලය  අහෝසි කර    ඉඩම්හිමියන්ට    උසාවියට පිවිසීමට ඇති මූල්යමය අයිතිය   අවම   කිරීමය.  මෙය ගෝලී  කරණ වැඩසටහනේ කොටසකි.    ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨාධිකරණය  විනිසුරවරයකුවූ   […]

(A paper prepared by the Sri Lanka Geo-Political Study Circle to insulate Sri Lanka against extinction  from natural and man-made disasters in a globalised world.)  Situational Background Sri Lanka is a spiritual Nation, blessed with a land that is naturally fertile and whose eco-system, supports the waters flowing within and, sustains the birds, the animals […]

The Sri Lanka Study Circle An Open Letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations Asking  Him to Call Upon the United States of America to Forthwith Lift-All Embargos and Sanctions imposed on Some Countries   We, the members of the Sri Lanka Study Circle in the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka call upon […]

(A Paper Published by the Sri Lanka Geo- Political Study Circle) /contd from Part 1 Reading the draft MCC Agreement, America’s plan for Sri Lanka is clearly evident; their plan is to take-over Sri Lanka’s Land and subjugate the Island Nation to the US by replacing, Sri Lanka’s Parliament, Sri Lanka’s Administration and Sri Lanka’s […]

Observations by the  MCC Public Opinion Committee We refer to the well-researched article  by  Shenali Waduge ‘  What happens when state land is privatized and farmers are given title deeds’ 1]Why does the MCC require Sri Lanka to weaken the legal profession- The essence of the astonishing piece of legislation called the  MCC is the conspicuous […]

(A Paper Published by the Sri Lanka Geo-Political Study Circle) You can delegate authority, but you cannot delegate responsibility”.   Byron Dorgan. Given hereunder is just one of the many instances, in the draft MCC Agreement, which poses a major threat to the Sovereign State of Sri Lanka. In Annex 1,  found on page 34 of […]

By– Public Opinion Committee [POC] The most vital issue regarding the MCC: Should Sri Lanka privatise state lands under  foreign laws?.  Over the past  4 decades   successive Government policy makers have moved towards introducing land policies and land laws promoted in western countries.  They keep ignoring our own institutions, laws and practices, totally eroding them […]

By The Sri Lanka Study Circle We, the members of the Sri Lanka Study Circle in the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, roundly condemn the murder of General Qasem Soleiman of the Islamic Republic of Iran by the United States of America. We consider the cowardly killing as an act of terror to be […]

Published by the Land-Law Circle Is the MCC Compact the only document that endangers the security of the Nation? Should we not analyse our past experiences too to fathom our vulnerability to adopt foreign land statutes and systems when enticed with foreign aid? It is unfortunate that several intellectuals and advisers expect us to read […]

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