The issue is not whether a new Constitution is needed or not. It is the
fundamental and inalienable right of the people to determine the
economic, social, political and cultural
system in which they choose to live. But that choice will be their
choice only if it is freely made, not with a gun pointed at their heads.
Today, Sri Lanka finds itself practically under a form of tutelage to
the US, a global power whose strategic objective is to maintain its
global hegemony.