Militarisation of civilian space

Sri Lankan President AKD’s assurance of a ‘new political framework’ appears to be yet another political jargon.

A major political party in Sri Lanka representing the Tamil minority, the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK), recently asked its parliamentarian, S Sritharan to step down from the Constitutional Council after he supported the candidature of the government-nominated candidate—a serving military officer attached to the Sri Lanka Army’s Audit Division—for the position of Auditor General. The ITAK has been opposed to the militarisation of civilian institutions in Sri Lanka, especially after the civil war.