By Kassapa
No one was surprised that that Jathika Jana Balavegaya (JJB) won the November 14 general election. However, everyone was surprised at the scale of their victory. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said before the election that he expected an...
By Vishvanath
A 21-member new Cabinet has been appointed, and the JVP-led NPP is now about to learn what it is like to wield unbridled power, which it had been dreaming of for decades.
The people have given President Anura Kumara...
by Vishvanath
All political leaders, especially President and JVP-led NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake and SJB chief Sajith Premadasa are on tenterhooks, given the extremely high stakes they have in today’s parliamentary election. Unless they improve the electoral performance of...
By Kassapa
This week’s general election will be a watershed moment in the country’s post-independence political history just as much as the September 21 presidential election was. It will provide a stamp of approval for the Jathika Jana Balavegaya (JJB)...
N Sathiya Moorthy 11 November 2024
Call him ‘Lady-killer’ of a different kind, but US President-elect Donald Trump holds the distinction of being the only one to have gone to the Oval Office by trouncing women rivals. It is another matter...
by Vishvanath
There is no bigger shame for an incumbent President than to suffer a crushing defeat in a presidential election. The first president to have that experience was Mahinda Rajapaksa. He in his wisdom amended the Constitution and sought...
by Vishvanath
Sri Lanka is known for its high voter enthusiasm, which is however not reflected in the unfolding scenario ahead of the Nov. 14 general election. Victory in one election usually gives a big fillip to the winner’s efforts...
By Kassapa
As Sri Lanka awaits what might be a historic general election- in as much the last presidential election was- there is a great deal of speculation about the outcome of the poll. The discussion is not so much...
by Vishvanath
Politics is like a minefield, especially for a government in power; one wrong step could entail a huge political cost. The fuel price revision for November has triggered a wave of public resentment, with the next general election...
Election to the Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha, concluded last Saturday, has generated much discussion. Many an interpretation has been offered, some of it founded on inaccurate assumptions. While the results of an isolated local council must not be used to extrapolate...
By Vishvanath
It is a thing of no great difficulty to raise objections against another man’s oration, nay, it is very easy; but to produce a better one in its place is a work extremely troublesome - Plutarch
Truism in Plutarch’s aforesaid words of...
by Vishvanath
The prolonged drought of elections has come to an end, and we are now experiencing the onset of an electoral monsoon, in a manner of speaking. There have already been two elections since last month, with parliamentary polls slated for next month. The local...
