By Kassapa
The comical spectacle of officers of the Sri Lanka Police force launching a manhunt to nab its Inspector General of Police (IGP), albeit suspended, unfolded this week. This was after the Matara Magistrate’s Court issued an order for...
By Kassapa
If the events at Court No.5 on February 19 were scripted by a Hollywood thriller writer, he could not have done a better job. It had a movie-like quality. The killer entered the complex in a lawyer’s...
Last week, we gave the benefit of the doubt to Attorney General (AG) Parinda Ranasinghe (Jnr.) regarding his actions (or more accurately, inaction) in prosecuting the murders of Sunday Leader editor Lasantha Wickrematunge. This was after Ranasinghe’s directive to...
The drama regarding the prosecution of suspects over the murder of former Sunday Leader editor Lasantha Wickrematunge hit the headlines last week when Attorney General (AG) Parinda Ranasinghe (Jnr.) sent a letter to the Criminal Investigations Department saying the...
By Kassapa
In the lead up to the recent presidential election campaign, Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa was lampooned as being ‘aasayi, bayayi’ or being eager but scared. This originated from his refusal to accept the Premiership from Gotabaya Rajapaksa...
By kassapa
Time was when the ‘Rajapaksa’ name the most marketable brand in Sri Lankan politics. That was after Mahinda Rajapaksa provided the political leadership to successfully defeat the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in 2009. Being the smart...
By Kassapa
The corridors of power are buzzing with the news of talks between the two so-called main ‘right-of-centre’ political parties, the United National Party (UNP) and the Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB), to explore the prospect of reconciliation.
At the time...
by Kassapa
When Anura Kumara Dissanayake was elected President, many mocked him saying that he was the first ever President to be elected to office with a ‘minority’ of votes, not having secured 50 per cent of the ballots cast....
By Kassapa
The corridors of power in the opposition are buzzing with the same news: is the Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) about to implode?
Two events triggered this speculation. The first was a letter sent by SJB Chairman Imthiaz...
By Kassapa
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has just passed one hundred days in office, with hardly any fanfare unlike during the ‘Yahapaalanaya’ government where they set up a 100-day programme. It is early days yet in terms of a five-year...
By Kassapa
The elections in September and November have turned Sri Lanka’s political world topsy-turvy. The hitherto untried Jathika Jana Balavegaya (JJB) is in power, with a parliamentary majority in excess of two-thirds, to boot. Theoretically at least, they can...
By Kassapa
The partially resolved riddle regarding to former Speaker Ashoka Ranwala’s doctorate was a rude eye-opener to the Jathika Jana Balavegaya (JJB) government. The message from the opposition was loud and clear: you may have a two-thirds majority but...
