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Poll: Prospects for Peace in Sri Lanka in 2007

The deterioration in the security situation can be attributed to the political interests of the two main protagonists – the GOSL and the LTTE. Neither side was interested in a regeneration of the peace process and talks within the framework of the 2002 CFA – their overarching interests lay in political consolidation, on the part of the Mahinda Rajapaksa presidency, and on the part of the LTTE, the creation of a ground situation that would strengthen the argument that no political settlement was possible with the Sri Lankan state since it was even more unwilling and unable under the stewardship of the Rajapaksa presidency to understand, appreciate and accommodate Tamil grievances and aspirations. Consequently, though the two parties went through the motions of peace talks for the benefit of the international community and to score political points against each other, their principal objective lay in effecting a new balance of power on the ground in all it dimensions, as the basis for future talks and a peace process in their favour.

Highlighting the situation in 2006, the new CPA report War, Peace and Governance in Sri Lanka does not give much hope for the resumption of peace talks this year.

With, amongst other factors, the growing support for the Government’s war efforts in the South (CPA’s own PCI report highlights the high level of support amongst the Sinhalese for the current war for peace strategy of the Government) what do you think the prospects for peace in Sri Lanka are this year?

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Che said,

February 11, 2007 @ 12:37 am

This is a pathetic vote in a site which gets 500+ page views a day. A sign of the times, perhaps?

groundviews said,

February 11, 2007 @ 10:26 am

Indeed – but polls, our server tells us, get comparatively less interest than articles. However, this poll in particular has inspired some others in the SL to start their own on their own blogs…

I wonder if we are just sick of voting as a public.

Che said,

February 11, 2007 @ 4:18 pm

Well, that’s bad news if we are now heading in the direction of a snap election…

sittingnut said,

February 12, 2007 @ 1:06 am

in fact sri lankans do vote compared to other democratic countries. see the actual numbers at election dept website for evidence. there is no reason to expect any chage soon there. ppl who fail to vote actually do lose something in sri lanka. ask some ppl who failed to vote in 05.
maybe the fact that pageloads do not equal unique visitors, has something to do with the low turnout in the above poll

groundviews said,

February 12, 2007 @ 12:21 pm

Groundviews gets around 47 unique visitors a day. The highest number of unique visitors to date was 261 on 1st February. Most of the visitors come from Sri Lanka, but there are a significant numbers from the US and Australia in particular.

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