expatriates to boost up their patriotic fervor to think of “ways and means of meeting the poor Sri Lanka lobby in the U.S., which is easily overwhelmed by the LTTE propaganda machinery.” Gunawardena, ...
JVP/NPP traditionally enjoys strong support amongst expatriates. Many expatriates have financially supported NPP’s election campaigns and some have even travelled to Sri Lanka for casting their vote.
It would be a supplemental mode, as it is in Estonia. Given Sri Lanka’s dependence on remittances from expatriate workers, there is strong justification for enabling them to vote. But they ...