Sri Lanka, Sept. 20 -- The 20th Amendment to the Constitution will become law soon. It means one thing - the nation's long nightmare that was called the 19th Amendment is over.

It will be as if the dam burst - the dam that was for five years holding the better impulses of a nation hostage. It should doubtless be a cause for celebration.

The man on the street will celebrate. He should, because though it was a constitutional clause, the 19thAmendment was not the classic legally abstruse law that mattered to legal experts, political scientists, and the occasional journalist only. 19A left the country rudderless, and the people had to face the consequences especially on Easter Sunday, April 21, 2019. Those issues that ensued from the politi...