litics without considering the caste system which is responsible for legal-political exclusion among other policies. As noted in The Lanka Academic (2002), ôCaste has always been a factor in Sri LankaÆs politics and not only among the Tamils. Through much of contemporary history however it has been the politics that dare not speak its nameö (1). The LTTE is responsible for assassinating virtually ever political leader that has attempted to diminish their role in or exclude them from the legal-political process. There are other minor parties that attempt to play a role in the legal-political system in Sri Lanka. These include the Ceylon WorkerÆs Congress (CWC) and the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC).
Both the exclusivity and the win-lose dynamic of the governing mentality in the traditional ruling parties in Sri Lanka are part of the central analytical theme that will be explored in this research.
The historical and contemporary political scenario in Sri Lanka since independence has been fraught with violence and is wi
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