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New Normalcy in Sri Lanka for whose benefit? Sri Lanka is now seriously working on restarting the Country since 26 th May after having had a lockdown for just a few more days beyond 2 months. We have heard various voices from all segments of the society expressing what they feel about it. When it comes to restarting the entire country, I believe that every right-thinking person would agree that the recovery process cannot be delayed any further as Covid 19 has taken a heavy toll on our Economy and the national life. However we have also heard voices that have expressed their serious doubts of the decision to open up the country so soon. The main complaint is that the Government is wanting to hold the Parliamentary Election ignoring the Covid 19 risks that straightaway involves the General Public. Instead of sitting down together by all the political parties to come to a consensus of opinion on the holding of Parliamentary Election, they have pulled in different directions pushing