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...
By kassapa
Rice has been the staple diet of Sri Lankans, for as long as we can remember. As a result, it has also been a political issue for decades. Dudley Senanayake was known as ‘bath dun piya’ or ‘the...
By Kassapa
Velupillai Prabhakaran, leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) perished in a watery grave at Nanthikadal on May 19, 2019. Last week marked his 70th birth anniversary. It is also around the same time that the LTTE...
Once upon a time, Ravi Karuanayake was the blue-eyed boy of the United National Party (UNP).
By Kassapa
As a young man in his twenties, Karunanayake entered politics under the watchful eyes of Lalith Athulathmudali. It was not the best of...
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 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)...
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...
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...
