The poll verdict in Sri Lanka comes as a sigh of relief to every body irrespective of racial background, said advocate and human rights activist Henri Tiphagne of People's Watch in Madurai on Friday.
Reacting to the defeat of the Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa, he hoped that from now on, independent institutions of Sri Lanka, including the judiciary and the media, which had been throttled, would henceforth play the role it is expected of them.
The new government should restore democracy and work for the development and justice for the thousands who were fighting in the past. Though, there may not be any radical change, it is hoped that there would be freedom of assembly and freedom of expression, which had symbolised through the polls, Mr. Henri added.
