Kathika

Kathikava is a series of webinars carried out by the National Movement for Social Justice every Sunday from 5-7 pm (IST). These have been conducted almost every Sunday since November 29, 2020 on contemporary topics with contributions from experts or stakeholders related to each topic. The topic, the list of panelists and a full video of each is made available here.

Kathika #242 : Holding Provincial Council Elections Without Further Delimitation
නැවත වාරයක් සීමා නිර්ණයනට මුවා නොවී පළාත් සභා මැතිවරණය පැවැත්වීමට කටයුතු කිරීමේ ඇති අවශ්‍යතාවය | Sep 14 , 2025
FULL VIDEO :
MODERATED BY : Dr. Sujatha Gamage
PANEL:
Mr. Shan Vijayalal De Silva, Member of Parliament (Former MP), SLPP
Mr. Rajith Keerthi Thennekoon, Governor (Former,) Provincial Council, Uva, Southern and Central
Mr. Manjula Gajanayake, National Coordinator, Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV)

Kathika #237 : Should Privileges of Former Presidents and MPs be Revoked ?
හිටපු ජනාධිපතිවරුන්ගේ සහ මන්ත්‍රීවරුන්ගේ වරප්‍රසාද අහිමි කල යුත්තේද? | Aug 10 , 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/1261810835395666
MODERATED BY : Ms. Gayathri Nawarathne
PANEL:
Mr. Dew Gunasekera, President, United People’s Freedom Alliance(UPFA)
Ms. V. Ananda Sangari, Leader, Tamil United Liberation Front
Mr. Upali Amarasiri, Former MP & Attorney at Law

Kathika #233 : How can a Provincial Council Election be Realistically held in the Near Future?
පළාත් සභා මැතිවරණය ගැන ආණ්ඩුවේ ස්ථාවරය යථාර්ථයක් කරගැනීම සඳහා ගත යුතු පියවර | Jul 13 , 2025
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/737392185549446
MODERATED BY : Mr. Shan Wijetunga
PANEL:
Mr. Mahinda Deshapriya, Former Chairman of Election Commission of Sri Lanka
Mr. M. M. Mohamed, Information Officer, Election Commission
Dr. Nimalka Fernando, Attorney-at-Law, Democratic People’s Movement