Accommodating Minorities into Sri Lanka’s Post-Civil War State System: Government Initiatives and Their Failure

Mansoor Mohamed Fazil, Mohamed Anifa Mohamed Fowsar, Vimalasiri Kamalasiri, Thaharadeen Fathima Sajeetha and Mohamed Bazeer Safna Sakki

Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 2020, vol. 9

Abstract: Many observers view the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in May 2009 as a significant turning point in the protracted ethnic conflict that was troubling Sri Lanka. The armed struggle and the consequences of war have encouraged the state and society to address the group rights of ethnic minorities and move forward towards state reconstitution. The Tamil minority and international community expect that the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) must introduce inclusive policies as a solution to the ethnic conflict. They believe the state should take measures to avoid another major contestation through the lessons learned from the civil war. The study is a qualitative analysis based on text analysis. In this backdrop, this paper examines the attempts made for the inclusion of minorities into the state system in post-civil war Sri Lanka, which would contribute to finding a resolution to the ethnic conflict. The study reveals that numerous attempts were made at various periods to introduce inclusive policies to achieve state reconstitution, but those initiatives failed to deliver sustainable peace. The study also explores problems pertaining to contemporary policy attempts.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.36941/ajis-2020-0132

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