The Smart Library of the Attorney General’s Department was declared open by Sri Lanka’s Attorney General Dappula de Livera and Chinese Ambassador Qi Zhenhong last Wednesday.
The plaque erected at the opening of the library was only in Sinhala, English, and Mandarin, excluding Tamil. This follows the passage of the Colombo Port City bill which has been widely criticised as undermining Sri Lankan sovereignty to serve Chinese interests.
Speaking in parliament, Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, leader of the Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF), slammed the Colombo Port City bill noting the hypocrisy of Sri Lanka denying Tamils a right to self-determination on the grounds of “sovereignty” but permitting the Chinese-led Port City project.
