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The full text of a speech delivered by Father Jeewantha Peiris on May 16, 2026, at the SEDEC Caritas Hall, at an event organised by the Movement for Equal Rights. _____ I think it is very important that in this evening’s discussion we ask the question of whether Mullivaikkal marks the end of history, because what we are still reading is history written by someone. Most of the time, we…

Open or closed is not the question

If our economic policies are based on fanciful ideas of non-existent bountiful natural resources, we are heading for disaster.

Nonentities hold main parties to ransom

In the on-going battle for political supremacy, the self-styled kingmakers will have to deliver as promised.