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"We are presently witnessing a whirlwind of activities in the lead up to Presidential Elections due on 16th November with an unprecedented number of candidates and election hype. It was in this midst that we marked the six months anniversary of the devastating Easter Sunday attacks which claimed over 250 lives, injured many more and resulted in cycles of ethno-religious violence. Two days after, the Parliament Select Committee (PSC) appointed to examine these attacks released its hard-hitting 272-page report. Having made initial comments on the findings of the PSC report on Twitter on the day of its release, this article builds on some key threads. It is further informed by a recent visit to the North and East of Sri Lanka where the ground realities speak to the complexities and challenges."via: https://groundviews.org/2019/10/31/is-the-deep-state-involved-reflections-on-the-psc-findings-implication-for-the-future/?fbclid=IwAR2AxyJ7R0enfUl9hLJr5eUd7oucN9SGIbWxcEqRxt39bh7_lWB3ieb901k