05/03/2010 - The Island
Moragoda to spend part of campaign funds on community projects
 ... In 2001 and 2004, Moragoda set a precedent in the Colombo District by challenging other candidates to conduct their campaigns so that the citizen and voter are respected. As he then pointed out, posters and cut-outs not only infringe on private property... the activity of putting up posters often results in violent clashes... in the frenetic race to paste posters of their favoured candidates.
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07/03/2010 - Sunday Island – Feature
The Right to Information, the Moragoda initiative
The brilliant article... by Kath Noble and her reference to the initiative of... Milinda Moragoda to empower us, the people, to have the right to obtain information, has prompted me to contribute my thoughts... as a member of the public...two other initiatives of Mr. Moragoda which deserve similar public support... are the Equal Opportunities Bill... and the Administration of Justice Law which... cut out the costly delays in administering justice...
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07/03/2010 - Sunday Times
Draft Information Act to be presented to President tomorrow
...by Minister Milinda Moragoda... Under the proposed Act, any citizen, subject to certain provisions, will have a right of access to official information held by a public authority... Under the proposed Act, the President and... Ministers are obliged to announce all public projects three months before the projects are launched...
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07/03/2010 - Sunday Times
Twitter. Do not spam
(by Rohan Samarajiva)
Twitter has come. It was THE news in Iran when Ahmedjinad was winning his famous victory; breaking news in India after Shashi Tharoor started tweeting; and now it’s here as part of Milinda Moragoda’s unconventional campaign. Twitter, unlike spam SMS, is respectful of the personal space of the recipient...
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07/03/2010 - The Nation
Editorial - Preference Vote and the Enemy Within
 In absolute contrast, Justice... Minister...Moragoda is content to canvass quietly, publicly stating that he would not resort to... posters and cut-outs... a novel method... deserves commendation... Moragoda has been in the news for all the right reasons... distancing himself from aggressive, in your-face campaigning will win him votes in what is largely an educated and intelligent electoral district...
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08/03/2010 - Asian Tribune
Women are in the 'basement' of Politics in Sri Lanka
In the case of political representation in Sri Lanka, we cannot even refer to a ‘glass-ceiling’ – as women have been kept in the ‘basement’ of politics. National Congress.. Moragoda said that we need the ‘jump start’ of a quota to rectify this disgraceful situation... real change will come only if women enter politics in large numbers. Because they will bring with them experience, energy and enthusiasm as well as an alternative viewpoint...
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08/03/2010 - Daily News
www.slnc.org launched
(by Dulshani Gunawardena)
A website promoting the access to vote for Sri Lankans abroad… has been launched... by Justice and Law Reform Minister… Moragoda… it is currently collecting signatures for a petition promoting this cause… Moragoda stated… the vote is a fundamental human right in any democracy...
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08/03/2010 - The Island
International Women’s Day
One half of Sri Lankans not properly represented in Parliament – Justice Minister
...with the advent of the Centenary of Women's International Day, he urged all political parties, civil society leaders and opinion-makers to unite and support legislation to reserve 25 per cent of seats for women in parliament, provincial councils and local councils. Moragoda... highlighted the fact that through a similar measure, India has successfully brought in women to all local governing bodies and as a result, over a million women had entered politics at that level...
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09/03/2010 - Daily Mirror
Migrant workers and the right to vote
 ... one tends to think that the problem of migrant workers and their voting rights is of little or no consequence, even though many must be aware that it is the remittances of these forgotten workers that enable the Treasury to obtain the much needed foreign exchange. a glimmer of hope in the present situation is that Milinda Moragoda... has launched a website dedicated to promoting access to vote for Sri Lankans abroad... Let us hope that many more political leaders including those women representatives to Parliament will consider this as priority...
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09/03/2010 - Daily FT
Women Undisputed equal partners of progress
Yesterday, the world celebrated... International Women's Day... Milinda Moragoda elsewhere in this page shares some of his own insights to the status of women in Sri Lanka...is urging all parties, civil society and opinion-makers to unite and support legislation to ensure 25% reservation for women...
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