Then why was the 13th amendment enacted? By not giving provincial status to Tamil region, Rajapaksa's don't want to dilute their power and because they would have no hope at coming to power in Tamil provinces.
The 13th Amendment, which led to the creation of Provincial Councils, assured a power-sharing arrangement to enable all nine provinces in the country, including Sinhala majority areas, to self-govern.
Subjects such as education, health, agriculture, housing, land and police are devolved to the provincial administrations.
The real reason is this.
"What Prime Minister Mahinda did not spell out is the well-acknowledged fact that main sections of the Tamil and Muslim polity and major segments of their respective communities went overboard to vote against the Rajapaksas in both the presidential and parliamentary elections. Better or worse still, made celebratory statements on the consistency of their community stand since the post-war presidential polls of 2009.
So much so that, present-day incumbent Gotabaya Rajapaksa skipped campaigning in the Tamil areas in the presidential polls last year, and also declared that he was doing so as he did not expect the Tamils to vote for him."
My point is Rajapaksa's keep courting China at the expense of India. They are trying to kick out India from Colombo on one hand and expect India to benevolent by extending $1.5 billion currency swap.
This is what your new foreign secretary has said.
"Though the two Rajapaksas then said that they were against handing over ‘national assets’, new Foreign Secretary, retired Navy chief, Adm Jayanth Colombage, clarified that New Delhi had ‘legitimate stakes’ as 70 percent of the Colombo Port’s business was India-centric."
They are yet to assure India about that port.
And your point about China being better than India. I wish you good luck.
"Credit ratings agency Moody's downgraded Lanka's sovereign credit rating by two notches, saying the South Asian nation would be hard-pressed to secure funding to service its huge foreign debt.
Sri Lanka was pushed down from "B2" (high credit risk) to "Caa1" (very high credit risk), as the coronavirus pandemic compounded the economic woes of the country."
You are debt trapped, with such credit ratings you have no where to go but to China. Lets see which part of the country you would loose sovereignty next.
And regarding Pakistan and China's interference in India, firstly, it is unsolicited and secondly, they have no competence.
As Pakistan or China's interference is not sought by any section of our country. They do so even after Indian muslims abuse Pakistan day in and day out. Tamils of Sri lanka do seek India's help.
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In this background, PM Modi’s announcement of a $ 15-m grant for the ‘promotion of Buddhist ties between the two countries’ has not gone down well with a section of the Tamil polity and society in Sri Lanka."
Pakistan or China has no influence on India but India does have a influence in Sri lanka being its larger benevolent neighbor.
Sri Lanka unhappy with share in India's budget, keen for review
