My late friend and comrade Kethesh Loganathan, son of a famous banker and Georgetown alumnus, noted theoretician of the Marxist-led EPRLF, and Deputy Head of the Peace Secretariat (SCOPP), was assassinated by the LTTE.
He named his book ‘Lost Opportunities’, because that’s what he saw as the key motif of the Sri Lankan tragedy.
In 1977, JR promised an ethnic Roundtable but convened it only in 1984. SWRD should have entered the B-C Pact immediately after Sinhala Only in 1956. Chandrika should have implemented the B-C Pact or 13A in her first year.
When will AKD hold PC elections? Notable figures such as US Ambassador Robert Blake and President Mahinda Rajapaksa have been involved in discussions.
Author's summary: Electoral reactivation is an urgent imperative.