seems like the irrigation department has finally found a translator to issue notices in Tamil - it’s not a lack of resources or skills, it’s a lack of will and interest compounded by structural racism. Instead of trying to defend the government, hold them accountable. #SriLanka
Lankan Telcos should be penalized with legal or fiscal penalties for not providing proper service during emergency periods.
A simple power failure and they don’t work properly either. This isn’t acceptable.
@devavishka We’re asking for it to be in a national language. The fact that you people think it’s irrelevant shows how privileged and narrow minded you are.
It doesn't need tens of billions to secure key spots in the mountain line. Over a million tourists do the mountain railway each year . Its a miracle we have it in operations considering the despicably poor investment over the last 5 decades.
Notice the flimsy mesh 'protection'.
I grew up privileged. I rarely took public transport. But even that didn’t protect me.
I’ve been cat-called. I’ve had comments thrown at me and I’ve seen a guy touch himself while looking directly at me. This is literally from getting down from my car and walking into a building. That short walking distance alone was enough.
One time I took a bus “for fun” to go to KFC with my school friends. We were in our school uniforms. A grown man who was standing close rubbed his genitals on my arm while I was seated. It was intentional. I saw it on his face.
I was 16 or 17.
If I, someone raised protected and privileged, wasn’t safe - no woman is.
And the data reflects exactly that.
This isn’t a “some women experience it” issue. It’s widespread, it’s systemic, and it’s every woman’s reality in one form or another.
It’s time to accept that #srilanka
Stop the deflection.
Stop downplaying.
Stop being oblivious.
This is utterly embarrassing. One step forward and two steps back.
Buddhist monks turning up in Tamil/Muslim majority areas, putting up statues overnight, fencing off land, and suddenly discovering archaeological sites, and building temples with police or military protection… none of this is accidental, and none of it began today.
Every time you see monks trying to erect a new structure in a minority area, you are seeing the latest chapter of a story that has been unfolding for years.
Unless the state confronts the machinery behind it and not just the monks at the front... this pattern will continue.
But first the NPP needs to grow a backbone and absorb some short term pain to sort out this longstanding issue.
#SriLanka
#AccountabilityProjectLK
Before the High Posts Committee, in response to my question, Ravi Seneviratna stated:
“We have identified the main conspirator behind the Easter Sunday attack.”
During his confirmation as Secretary to the Ministry of Public Security.
#EasterAttack#SriLanka#Parliament #Accountability #PublicSecurity
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