By Kassapa
The news that former President Ranil Wickremesinghe will ‘address the nation’ last week generated much expectation. At least some anticipated that Wickremesinghe would announce his retirement from politics and relinquish leadership of the United National Party (UNP)...
By Kassapa
If being the leader of the government is difficult, leading an opposition is harder. Former Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa is learning this the hard way- and making an absolute mess of it. If he is not...
Cover Story
By Kassapa
Nominations for the November 14 general election closed this week but the results of the poll are now a foregone conclusion. The Jathika Jana Balavegaya (JJB) will emerge as the single largest party in the next Parliament....
By Kassapa
The presidential election may be over, Anura Kumara Dissanayake may be President but the political arena in Sri Lanka is still red hot, brimming with heat of the general election Dissanayake has called for November 14, six weeks...
The people have spoken. In a historic verdict, Anura Kumara Dissanayake was elected as the ninth Executive President of Sri Lanka. The results, declared on Sunday, was not without its share of drama: a count of preference votes for...
By Kassapa
Arguably Sri Lanka’s most eagerly awaited presidential election-and potentially its last- reaches a climax on Saturday when the country goes to the polls in which the contest is realistically between President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Opposition Leader and Samagi Jana...
By Kassapa
A familiar theme from President Ranil Wickremesinghe when he hits the campaign trail now has been to suggest that his erstwhile deputy Sajith Premadasa is in third position in the presidential stakes and will lose out on even...
By Kassapa
With just over two weeks remaining of the presidential election campaign, the latest question is whether the United National Party (UNP) and its breakaway faction the Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) will arrive at a compromise in the face...
The resignation of Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) parliamentarian Thalatha Atukorale from Parliament is not the mere resignation of one MP, it deals a stinging blow to the presidential aspirations of SJB leader and candidate Sajith Premadasa.
Atukorale walks away from...
By Kassapa
Spare a thought for Namal Rajapaksa. A few years ago, he was the heir apparent of a seemingly invincible dynasty, being groomed to take over after the senior Rajapaksas retired. Today, he is a political orphan struggling to...
By Kassapa
Forming political alliances are part and parcel of Sri Lanka politics, especially at election time. The main opposition party in Parliament, the Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) launched what it called the Samagi Jana Sandhanaya (SJS) last week...
By Kassapa
It was a fortnight full of seemingly surprising political developments, especially in the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP). Its likely presidential candidate changed, first from President Ranil Wickremesinghe to business magnate Dhammika Perera and then, at the eleventh...
