Sri Lanka, Sept. 15 -- C. A. Chandraprema in this brief interview, spoke to the Daily News about the new government, proposed Constitutional changes and the state of the nation in the wake of the massive two thirds majority obtained by the SLPP led government. Chandraprema, the author of Gota's War, a book chronicling the defeat of the armed and dangerous LTTE, is Sri Lanka's newly named Permanent Representative to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. He is awaiting confirmation by the Parliamentary High Posts Committee, and will take up duties in Geneva shortly after those formalities end.

Q: The 20thAmendment and the new constitution on the cards are the issues that dominate the public discourse. Would you say a new Constitution was ...