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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hemdj" data-source="post: 4263370" data-attributes="member: 138292">    about shiral lakthilaka<img src="http://www.shiral.net/images/cmpnew.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The Western Provincial Council election is around the corner and we need to think carefully who we're going to choose. We need to make a wise move. We need to select a group of people who are intelligent, who won't try to build their own bank accounts instead of the country and the economy. We need to make a change for our country and we have to start it with this coming PC election. Think wise be smart..vote for Shiral Lakthilaka.Shiral Virantha Lakthilaka, who’s a lawyer by profession, was born in Mataraon the 17th of September 1963 to Mr. D.N.Lakthilaka, Divisional Officer,Agrarian-Services Department and Mrs. Preethi Hema Lakthilaka. He’s theyoungest in a family of four children, his other siblings being three older sisters.He received his basic education at Rahula College, Matara, where he excelled instudies as well as athletics and was a member of the Cadet Corps in addition tobeing a school prefect. He was able to win Sri Lankan School Athletic Coloursin 1981. He also played football at school level and later was a member of theMatara District Football squad and played in several front line interclubfootball matches in the island.Shiral completed his school education after getting through the GCE (A/L)Examination in the field of Biology & opted to study Law in the University ofColombo and obtained his LLB in 1991. Later in 2003, he also obtained aMasters’ Degree in International Law and Conflict Studies from theUniversities of Arcadia and Temple in Philadelphia, USA. In the relevantdissertation, he enunciated the Law regarding the setting up of the World TradeOrganization (WTO) and the consequent trade and technology-related conflictsthat would emerge in the Developing World.In addition, he has obtained the following educational qualifications:• Diploma in Diplomacy Training with regard to Human Rights and UNActivities conducted by the University of New South Wales, Australia-1994.• Diploma Course on Theory and Practice of Human Rights conducted bythe Law College of Bangalore.• Certificate Course on Institutional Development and OrganizationalStrengthening organized by the South Asia Branch of the Managementfor Development Foundation (MDF).• Certificate Course in Institutional Development and OrganizationalStrengthening, organized by the Institute of Federalism, University ofFriebourg, Switzerland during its Autumn/ Spring Semester for theEuropean Region-2004.• Training at a workshop on Future Scenario Development-basedPlanning, conducted by United Services of India, a development andresearch organization coming under the umbrella of the Indian DefenceEstablishment.Shiral, played a pivotal leadership role in the Independent Students’ Union inhis University days & was in the forefront in the struggle to banish ‘ragging’from University life. He held several elected positions in the Law FacultyStudents’ Union and most likely would have been its President if not for theclosure of the University in that dark era of 1989. He was drawn at that time tothe Marxist stream of political thinking & considers the late student leader,Daya Pathirana, who was assassinated for his participation in students’ politics,as the most noteworthy inspiration for his left-wing thinking.Shiral also played Rugby Football for the University of Colombo and wasawarded colours in that sphere in 1987. He was also a member of theUniversity Football team.He holds a strong opinion on the urgent need to utilize conflict resolutiontechniques and mechanisms to solve the multi-ethnic and cultural conflict thatis prevalent in Sri Lanka & also plays a major role in the relevant local andinternational discussions on the subject. He has expounded this viewpoint atseveral international conferences convened for the discussion of the topic whilewriting extensively on the subject in the local and foreign media. He is always athand to offer a critical presentation of his views on Peace, Democracy andDevelopment over a variety of Television and Broadcasting channelsShiral who in 2000, functioned as a Consultant to the Ministry of Industriesand Constitutional Affairs, has undertaken several researches on IndustrialDevelopment in Sri Lanka. The loan scheme which was launched for thebenefit of small and medium-scale industrialists and the “Wasantha Udanaya”programme, are two of the Projects initiated under his supervision that arebeing appreciated even today. The mobile ‘Furniture Stall’ of Moratuwa thatwas inaugurated during this period is still popular throughout the country.Later, he was appointed as Consultant to the Ministry of Constitutional Affairsat the height of the Peace Process of the UNP Government. One unforgettablelandmark in Shiral’s life was the unrelenting effort that was focused on creatingand molding the Peace Building Project of the Ministry with a view tostrengthen the Peace Process and achieve a just and sustainable peace in thecountry through a process of negotiation.Shiral also intervened in the Peace Process advocating the use of scientificmethods of conflict resolution & worked diligently to help focus worldattention on the Process while representing Sri Lanka at several internationalconferences.He has been functioning as a political analyst and critic since 1994 and haschannelled such opinions through various media to the masses. He has alsoheld positions at several local and international civil society organisations atConsultancy/Management level.The micro-credit and savings scheme initiated by Shiral Lakthilaka during theperiod 2001-2007, with a view to alleviate urban poverty and distribute theresultant dividends among the masses, could be considered as the mostlaudatory of the projects undertaken by him during this period.Shiral with his lengthy experience as a Researcher has published manyimportant documents, with the most prominent ones, being the Study of Issuesrelating to Internal Democracy in the Political Parties in Sri Lanka and anObjective Study of Buddhist Philosophy and Notions of Western Methodologyof Conflict Resolution. </blockquote>

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