Srilanka, Feb. 21 -- The present government has been tested to the brim these days. The Hulftsdorp Court shooting posed enough questions about security in this country. And much of those questions become 'provocative' ones when security is linked with the government and comparisons are made with past regimes.

This shooting inside a courtroom is also a reality check for the present government. Not very long ago we saw the newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake mingling with people in crowds at book fares and other social gatherings. Now all that has to stop. The president has to stop going and meeting crowds of people; largely from the perspective of security of the people. An average citizen, for his/her bad luck, has to be a...