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 #199 : Practicability & Improvement to Election Expenditure Act
මැතිවරණ වියදම් පනතේ ප්‍රායෝගික අදාළත්වය (පසුගිය ජනාධිපතිවරණය ඇසුරෙන්) සහ එය දියුණු කරගන්නේ කෙසේද ? | Oct 20, 2024
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/816557553760509
MODERATED BY : Mr. Thushal Withanage
PANEL:
Ms. Upekshi Fernando, Programme Manager, PAFFEREL (Replaced by Mr. Rohana Hettiarachchi)
Mr. D. M. D. Dasanayake, Attorney at Law
Mr. Manjula Gajanayake, National Coordinator, Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV)

thika #196 : Criteria for selecting Good Candidates for Parliamentary Elections
මෙවර මහමැතිවරණයේදී නාම යෝජනා දෙන අපේක්ෂකයන් ගැන දේශපාලන පක්ෂ ජනතාවට දිය යුතු සහතිකය කුමක් ද? | Sep 29, 2024
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/1698564884019021
MODERATED BY : Mr. Lasantha de Silva
PANEL:
Mr. Nishantha Prithviraj, National leader, Citizens Group Deshodaya
Mr. Akalanka Hettiarachchi, Attorney-at-Law
Ms. Vishaka Dharmadasa, Social activists

Kathika #195 : The Challenges and the Presidential Election
ශ්‍රී ලංකාව මුහුණ දෙමින් සිටින අභියෝග සහ මෙවර ජනාධිපතිවරණය | Sep 15, 2024
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/503125962456039
MODERATED BY : Mr. Thushal Withanage
PANEL:
Dr. Pradeep Uluwaduge, Lecturer in Political Science, University of Sabaragamuwa
Ms. Samadani Kirivandeniya, Managing Director, Sanasa International Company
Prof. Rohan Samarajiva, Founding Chair, LIRNEasia

Kathika #194 : Visions of Presidential Candidates
රට ඉදිරියේ ඇති අභියෝග සහ ජනාධිපතිවරණ අපේක්ෂකයන්ගේ දැක්ම (ප්‍රතිපත්ති ප්‍රකාශන ඇසුරෙන් ) | Sep 08, 2024
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/1089717545375021
MODERATED BY : Mr. Thushal Withanage
PANEL:
Prof. S. Wijesandiran, University of Peradeniya
Mr. K.W. Janaranjana, Attorney-at-Law and Ediitor in Chief Anidda News Paper
Ms. Gayathri Nawarathne, Attorney at Law

thika #193 : Manifestos of 2024 Presidential Election – A review
සාධාරණ සමාජයේ ප්‍රශ්න සහ ජනාධිපතිවරණ ප්‍රතිපත්ති ප්‍රකාශයන්හි අන්තර්ගත පිළිතුරු | Sep 01, 2024
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/1894600967688311
MODERATED BY : Mr. Lasantha de Silva
PANEL:
Mr. Nishantha Kamaladasa, CEO, Distance Learning Center (Former), Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration
Dr. Sujatha Gamage, Director General TVEC (Former) and Co-founder, Education Forum Sri Lanka
Prof. Rohan Samarajiva, Founding Chair LIRNEasia

Kathika #191 : Media guidelines for the Presidential elections
ජනාධිපතිවරණයට අදාළ මාධ්‍ය උපමාන ජනමාධ්‍ය කෙසේ භාරගත යුතු ද? | Aug 18, 2024
FULL VIDEO : https://web.facebook.com/nationalmovementforsocialjustice/videos/1599568610901215
MODERATED BY : Prof. Rohan Samarajiva
PANEL:
Mr. Nalaka Gunawardena, Media Analyst, Dreamer in chief Alien Communications
Dr. Nimalka Fernando, Attorney-at-Law, Democratic People’s Movement
Mr. Asoka Peiris, Secretary (Former), Ministry of Lands and Other Ministries