Chandrika can be credited for bending over backwards to find a peaceful solution. When it failed, she can also be credited for fighting the war without pulling any punches. The UNP failed in both and has relentlessly undermined the government in both aspects, to the detriment of both parties to the conflict. The major political parties and their respective politicians should take heed. The people are sick and tired of changing governments from one group of robbers to another group of robbers.
Cynicism grows exponentially by the day.
Politicians and their parties are held in high contempt. Sri Lanka is in a perilous state. The army is stuck in the north and led by a charlatan. The economy is crumbling bled by the resources consumed by the military, and aggravated by the asian economic crisis. If the next government does not perform to high standards of integrity and becomes unpopular as a result, it will be catastrophic.