Governance

Kathika #259 : Public Aspirations and Local Governance in a Changing Context
නව සන්දර්භය තුළ පළාත් පාලන ආයතන සහ මහජන අභිලාෂ | Jan 25, 2026
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/862944706501860
MODERATED BY : Dr. Sujatha Gamage
PANEL:
Mr. S. M. M. Musharaf, Chairman, Pottuvil Local Council
Mr. Upul Nishantha, Former Mayor, Matara Municipal Council
Mr. Lasantha Deepal, Member, Katana Local Council

Kathika #258 : The Future of the Right to Information Commission
තොරතුරු දැනගැනීමේ කොමිසමේ අනාගතය | Jan 18, 2026
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/901142435748735
MODERATED BY : Mr. Lasantha de Silva
PANEL:
Mr. Sunanda Deshapriya, Senior Journalist and Free Media Movement (FMM)
Ms. Achala Senevirathne, Attorney-at-Law
Mr. Rahul Samantha, Journalist

Kathika #255 : Impact of the Auditor General controversy on Public Sector Financial Transparency
විගණකාධිපති තනතුර ආශ්‍රයෙන් පවත්නා මතභේදය රාජ්‍ය අංශයේ මූල්‍ය පාලනයේ විනිවිදභාවය කෙරෙහි ඇතිකල හැකි බලපෑම | Dec 21, 2025
FULL VIDEO :
MODERATED BY : Mr. Shan Wijetunga
PANEL:
Mr. Sampath Elapatha, Chairperson, Sri Lanka Audit Services Association
Ms. Chathumali Kaluarachchi, Attorney at Law
Mr. Harsha Gunasena, Chartered Accountant

Kathika #243 : Ongoing UNHRC Proceedings on Sri Lanka in Geneva
ජිනීවාහි මොකද වෙන්නේ? (මානව හිමිකම් කවුන්සිලයේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට අදාළ යෝජනාව) | Sep 21 , 2025
FULL VIDEO :
MODERATED BY : Dr. Nimalka Fernando
PANEL:
Dr. Jehan Perera, Executive Director, National Peace Council of Sri Lanka
Mr. Ruki Fernando, Advisor, INFORM Human rights Organization
Ms. Sandhya Ekneligoda

Kathika #222 : The Future of Local Government in Sri Lanka
පළාත් පාලන ආයතනයන්හී අනාගතය | Apr 27, 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/1657759478438567
MODERATED BY : Mr. Lasantha de Silva
PANEL:
Dr. Sujatha Gamage, Director General TVEC (Former) and Co-founder, Education Forum Sri Lanka
Mr. Naleen Pushpakumara, Secretary, Deraniyagala Pradeshiya Sabha
Mr. Dharmasiri Nanayakkara, Deputy Commissioner (Former), Local government, Western Province

Kathika #220 : Future of debt-burdened state media
ණය බරින් මිරිකෙන රජයේ ආයතන අතර රාජ්‍ය මාධ්‍ය ආයතනයන්හී අනාගතය | Mar 30, 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/1320017455890349
MODERATED BY : Mr. Lasantha de Silva
PANEL:
Mr. Sudarshana Gunawardena, Former Chairman, Independent Television Network
Prof. Rohan Samarajiva, Founding Chair, LIRNEasia
Ms. Inoka Sathyangani, Former Chairperson, Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation

Kathika #218 : Independent Prosecutor’s Office (The purpose, Practicality & Get Justice)
ස්වාධීන අභිචෝදක කාර්යාලය – යෝජිත යාන්ත්‍රණයේ අරමුණ, ප්‍රායෝගිකත්වය හා යුක්තිය ඉටුකරවා ගැනීමට ඇති ඉඩකඩ | Mar 16 , 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/986068203482107
MODERATED BY : Ms. Gayathri Nawarathne
PANEL:
Mr. Darshana Kuruppu, Attorney at Law
Mr. Bhadraka Manamendra, Attorney at Law

Kathika #210 : How should Sri Lanka manage Global power pressures
ජාත්‍යන්තර බලවතුන්ගේ බලපෑම් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව කළමනාකරණය කරගත යුත්තේ කෙසේද? | Jan 19 , 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/628376686316909
MODERATED BY : Mr. Harindra B Dasanayake
PANEL:
Dr. Thilina Panduwawala, Head, Economic Research, Frontier Research
Dr. Chulani Attanayake, Research Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore
Dr. George Cooke, Executive Director, Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS)

Kathika #208 : Towards a Public Service that is not a Burden on the Country
රටට බරක් නොවන රාජ්‍ය සේවයක් උදෙසා ගත යුතු මග | Dec 05 , 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/569720319233262
MODERATED BY : Mr. Saroj Pathirana
PANEL:
Mr. Austin Fernando, Secretary (Former), Office of the President
Ms. Swarna Sumanasekera, Ministry secretary (Former)
Mr. Rajith Keerthi Thennekoon, Governor (Former,) Provincial Council, Uva, Southern and Central