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Letter from Benigno S. Aquino III - President of the Philippines |
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The following letter was sent by Benigno Aquino, President of the Philippines, to the Chair and Secretary General of CALD in appreciation of the work done to facilitate the recent Liberal International Congress in Manila.
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Female Strategies in Asian Politics |
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 The Women’s Caucus of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats recently held a Workshop on Strategies for Women Candidates in Melaka in Malaysia. The event was hosted by the Women’s Wing of the Gerakan Party of Malaysia, and included delegates from nine Asian countries. Apart from staff from the CALD Secretariat, and from the Thai office of the Friedrich Naumann Stiftung, which sponsored the event, the only men present were CALD Secretary General Neric Acosta of the Philippines and myself as CALD Chair.
Having missed the last meeting of the Women’s Caucus, I thought I should find out more about it since by next year I shall no longer be CALD chair and hence not eligible to attend. I was duly impressed, by the energy and commitment of all the delegates, and realized again the importance of ensuring a significant space for female participation in politics.
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Chanaka Amaratunga in Politics |
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Extracts on the 15th Anniversary of his death
From Memoirs of the Eighties and Nineties
Chanaka in 1981 had set up a body called the Council for Liberal Democracy, which I was initially wary of, because he said he had established it with President J R Jayewardene’s blessings. Though he had been upset at the treatment of Mrs Bandaranaike, he thought my fears exaggerated, and expressed the belief that, though some elements in the UNP had authoritarian tendencies, J R himself was basically decent.
I found this ironic, because back in England, in 1978, which was his freshman year, he had been deeply critical of J R. I was impressed by the developments in Sri Lanka, and thought J R entirely responsible for the change, whereas Dudley Senanayake had seemed to me a leader without much initiative. Chanaka however was deeply critical. Though his loyalty to the UNP was absolute in those days, he saw Dudley as an utterly decent politician of deep convictions, while J R was essentially an ambitious intriguer.
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Liberal Leaders Leave for Manila |
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Liberal Party Leader Kamal Nissanka, President Swarna Amaratunga, Vice President Dr Newton Pieris, International Affairs Secretary Prof Rajiva Wijesinha, MP and Youth League president Seliyna Pieris left for Philippines yesterday to participate in the 57th Congress of the Liberal International to be held in Manila. The congress began yesterday and ends on June 21.
Delegates from Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia are participating. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejajiva and Philippines President Benigno Simeon Aquino III will also participate.
Many parliamentarians from Europe and other countries are participating in the Congress.
The two themes to be discussed are democracy and development and Human Rights and Trade.
The executive committee of the Council of Asian Liberal and Democrats would be held after the LI Congress under the chairmanship of Prof Wijesinha.
Daily News 17 June 2011 |
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