"Life has to be designed by your intellect and not by emotion"

 An Interview with Justice C. V. Wigneswaran

by NILANTHA ILANGAMUWA

My recent interview with the newly elected Chief Minister for the Northern Province, Justice Canagasabapathy Visuvalingam Wigneswaran, was somewhat controversial. Justice Wigneswaran needs no introduction. He is a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, judge and politician. He was a magistrate and a judge of the District Court, High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court and was elected as the Chief Minister of the Northern Province after the Province held its election in 2013.


Wigneswaran is a news maker in meaningful sense. Many people believe that he is someone who can make a difference. He entered one of most corrupt and deteriorated political systems existing under the pretext of democracy. However, he remains enthusiastic and maintains his ideology in an effort to create something meaningful.

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