By Vishvanath
The Easter Sunday terror attacks (2019), which destroyed more than 270 precious lives, have brought about a situation where the truth has become a casualty of divisive politics, which has contaminated the question for justice.
Truth defies a concrete...
By Kassapa
Last week, we wrote in these columns how, if the beleaguered Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) navigates its current crisis intelligently, it could reinvent itself and regain its position as one of the major parties in the country...
By Vishvanath
Hats are being thrown into the ring in ones and twos, with only a few months to go before the next presidential election, the latest one being that of former Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe, who has embarked on...
By Vishvanath
Politicians are known for their remarkable ability to see opportunities in crises. Never do they care to make moral judgements when they pursue their dreams. They are driven solely by self-interest, and in the pursuit of their ambitions,...
N Sathiya Moorthy 21 April 2024
Closer the presidential election gets, the more complex it is getting. Of course, it has always been the case, including the question if the parliamentary polls should precede presidential election. In the past, incumbent Presidents and...
By Visvanath
Anything goes in Sri Lankan politics. There is nary a person or thing that crafty politicians hesitate to use to compass their ends. They do not spare even places of worship and religious leaders to gain political mileage....
By Vishvanath
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has expressed fear that uncertainty caused by impending elections could take its toll on Sri Lanka’s economic recovery efforts and lead to a possible downward trend in the country’s economic outlook. The next...
By Kassapa
The Sinhala and Tamil New Year is over. That heralds the final stretch of the presidential election which is shaping up to be essentially a three-horse race- though there will be many ‘also rans’. It can still end...
By Vishvanath
The SLPP, which had a phenomenal rise in national politics, unlike any other political party in Sri Lanka, and won the last three elections—local government (2018), presidential (2019), and parliamentary (2020)—in a row, quite impressively, and secured a...
By Kassapa
For the politically naïve, every opportunity is a crisis. For the politically astute, every crisis is an opportunity. The political party which has ruled Sri Lanka for the longest period of time, the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP),...
N Sathiya Moorthy
9 April 2024
Constituencies that are going to the polls in the first phase, slated for April 19, have just 19 days for campaigning and will have to wait for 45 days for the results. Contrast that with...
By Vishvanath
The Maithripala Sirisena faction of the SLFP has claimed that SLFP General Secretary Dushmantha Mitrapala’s office at Darley Road. Colombo 10, was broken open recently and some vital documents were removed by their rivals. Acting on a complaint...
