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The election of a new President with a mandate for good governance is an opportunity for Sri Lanka to make a fresh effort to achieve the post-war justice and reconciliation that has eluded it. The National Peace Council congratulates President Maithripala Sirisena on his election. We appreciate the smoothness of the transition and are relieved […]

The victory of the coalition of parties led by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe at the General Elections on August 17 will ensure that the changes brought about at the presidential election can be sustained.  The majority of Sri Lankan voters reaffirmed the choice they had made in January when they voted in President Maithripala Sirisena […]

The outcome of the General Election held on August 17, and the victory secured by the United National Front for Good Governance led by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe paves the way for democratic transition to take place in two key aspects of good governance. It will consolidate the shift away from a highly centralised structure […]

Press release. The dissolution of Parliament became necessary due to the political deadlock between the government and opposition.  The UNP-led government appointed by President Maithripala Sirisena was unable to get through the necessary legislation to govern effectively.  The president was not able to deliver on some of the important promises he made in his election […]

Press Release/ NPC Protect the Space for Reconciliation during May 18 Commemorations The government has declared that May 18, the day the war ended six years ago in 2009, will be commemorated as a Day of Remembrance. This signifies a departure from the practice of the past five years when it was considered a Day […]

Media Release/National Peace council PUBLIC INTEREST OR PERSONAL VENDETTA? LET THE READERS DECIDE What can be said about someone naked who steals the clothes of his opponent and parades them as his own to hide his own nakedness? The Editor of the Daily News has shamelessly misappropriated the statements used by the National Peace Council […]

Editor puts his leg in the mouth  ” The Editor of the Daily News seems to be all mixed up about the American War of Independence which took place from 1775-1783 and the American Civil War which took place a century later in 1861-64, between the United States and 11 Southern states that seceded from […]

Reply by National Peace Council: On the functioning of the Provincial Councils of the North and East In an interview given to the Daily News of 24.04.14, Western Provincial Council minister Udaya Gammanpila has taken issue with a statement of the National Peace Council with regard to Provincial Councils in the North and East. He […]

Side event at HRC25 discussing  the draft resolution DRAFT RESOLUTION TAKES A MORE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH / NPC Press release The draft resolution on Sri Lanka to be taken for vote at the 25th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva is now in circulation.  It proposes an international monitoring of Sri Lanka’s domestic […]

Unlawful Impeachment of the Chief Justicewas a blow to Rule of law in Sri Lanka National Peace Council releaseThe Sri Lankan government has rejected the report submitted by the UN Human Rights Commissioner that recommends an international inquiry into alleged war crimes and human rights violations in the last phase of the country’s war.  The […]

http://srilankaguardian.org/  Col. R. Hariharan About 78.5 percent of 4.25 lakh people of Northern Province who voted in the Provincial Council elections on September 21, 2013 have given the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) a thumping victory. The TNA won 30 seats including 2 bonus seats in the 38-member council while the ruling United Peoples Freedom Alliance […]