13/03/2010 - Daily Mirror
Sri Lanka Tourism in Transition
(by Bernard Goonetilleke)
 Sri Lanka Tourism declared 2011 as 'Visit Sri Lanka Year,' in June last year. Former Tourism Minister, Milinda Moragoda, took this forward-looking decision, well before... the end of the decades-long armed conflict in mid May 2009... for him, the need to revive Sri Lanka's long-suffering tourist industry, hamstrung by the conflict, was of highest priority... Minister Moragoda, who had a vision for the tourism industry, understood reality. "In a glamorous industry such as tourism, the temptation can be to focus on the PR, rather than the substance," ... to address this tendency, he concentrated on policy- making as well as institution and capacity-building. "I believe, the spotlight should not be on the Minister, but on the team of professionals, who do the hard work... In short, his policy was let the experts do what they have been hired to do, without political interference from the minister or his inner cabinet...
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12/03/2010 - Daily Mirror
Lankan family law to change
 Reforms... to be introduced to Sri Lanka’s Family Laws... General Law Kandyan Law and some aspects of the Thesawalami and Muslim Personal Law... Justice Ministry said yesterday a committee appointed by Justice and Law Reform Minister... Moragoda to consider reforms to Sri Lanka’s Family Laws presented its report...
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09/03/2010 - Daily FT
Women Undisputed equal partners of progress
Yesterday, the world celebrated... International Women's Day... Milinda Moragoda elsewhere in this page shares some of his own insights to the status of women in Sri Lanka...is urging all parties, civil society and opinion-makers to unite and support legislation to ensure 25% reservation for women...
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09/03/2010 - Daily Mirror
Migrant workers and the right to vote
 ... one tends to think that the problem of migrant workers and their voting rights is of little or no consequence, even though many must be aware that it is the remittances of these forgotten workers that enable the Treasury to obtain the much needed foreign exchange. a glimmer of hope in the present situation is that Milinda Moragoda... has launched a website dedicated to promoting access to vote for Sri Lankans abroad... Let us hope that many more political leaders including those women representatives to Parliament will consider this as priority...
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08/03/2010 - The Island
International Women’s Day
One half of Sri Lankans not properly represented in Parliament – Justice Minister
...with the advent of the Centenary of Women's International Day, he urged all political parties, civil society leaders and opinion-makers to unite and support legislation to reserve 25 per cent of seats for women in parliament, provincial councils and local councils. Moragoda... highlighted the fact that through a similar measure, India has successfully brought in women to all local governing bodies and as a result, over a million women had entered politics at that level...
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08/03/2010 - Daily News
www.slnc.org launched
(by Dulshani Gunawardena)
A website promoting the access to vote for Sri Lankans abroad… has been launched... by Justice and Law Reform Minister… Moragoda… it is currently collecting signatures for a petition promoting this cause… Moragoda stated… the vote is a fundamental human right in any democracy...
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08/03/2010 - Asian Tribune
Women are in the 'basement' of Politics in Sri Lanka
In the case of political representation in Sri Lanka, we cannot even refer to a ‘glass-ceiling’ – as women have been kept in the ‘basement’ of politics. National Congress.. Moragoda said that we need the ‘jump start’ of a quota to rectify this disgraceful situation... real change will come only if women enter politics in large numbers. Because they will bring with them experience, energy and enthusiasm as well as an alternative viewpoint...
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07/03/2010 - The Nation
Editorial - Preference Vote and the Enemy Within
 In absolute contrast, Justice... Minister...Moragoda is content to canvass quietly, publicly stating that he would not resort to... posters and cut-outs... a novel method... deserves commendation... Moragoda has been in the news for all the right reasons... distancing himself from aggressive, in your-face campaigning will win him votes in what is largely an educated and intelligent electoral district...
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07/03/2010 - Sunday Times
Twitter. Do not spam
(by Rohan Samarajiva)
Twitter has come. It was THE news in Iran when Ahmedjinad was winning his famous victory; breaking news in India after Shashi Tharoor started tweeting; and now it’s here as part of Milinda Moragoda’s unconventional campaign. Twitter, unlike spam SMS, is respectful of the personal space of the recipient...
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07/03/2010 - Sunday Times
Draft Information Act to be presented to President tomorrow
...by Minister Milinda Moragoda... Under the proposed Act, any citizen, subject to certain provisions, will have a right of access to official information held by a public authority... Under the proposed Act, the President and... Ministers are obliged to announce all public projects three months before the projects are launched...
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