Just when you thought it cannot get any worse, it did.
That is the general public’s perception about the special presidential pardon accorded to R. Duminda Silva, former parliamentarian and convicted murderer.
The act of pardoning Silva is disgusting but not...
By Kassapa
The ‘News is good’ or ‘aaranchiya subai’ said the posters that suddenly emerged overnight. Perhaps President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s advertising gurus had taken a leaf out of Ranasinghe Premadasa’s book: he plastered the walls of the country overnight with...
A question that has bothered many is why, after being handed the
Presidency on a platter without having to sweat for it, President Ranil
Wickremesinghe is acting the way he does.
One can even explain why he doesn’t go against the Sri...
The medical profession, once considered immune from political manipulation, is slowly but surely being coerced into agreeing to political decisions taken by the government.
Many in the profession are aghast at this blatant interference but some doctors have been brave...
By Kassapa
The sixth anniversary of the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks that claimed the lives of two hundred and seventy civilians, mostly devotees attending church has come and gone and the same question is being asked: are we any...
The government- or more accurately, President Ranil Wickremesinghe- has called for a debate on the bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). No such debate is required. The IMF agreement is now a done deal and does not require...
After months of disagreements and weeks of speculation, Wimal Weerawansa and Udaya Gammanpila were unceremoniously sacked from the Cabinet by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa last week, at the behest of his brother and Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa.
Is this the beginning...
• The consistent theme that emerges from Galle Face is the demand for a new political order that needs to evolve. No one is certain as yet how that will happen.
• Once seen as the champion of the Sinhala...
This week, as the New Year dawned and the government grappled with an unstable economy and an increasingly restless public, we learnt the importance of being Basil.
Basil had already generated publicity in the media by flying away to the...
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...
An unusual story hit the headlines both in the mainstream media and social media last week, suggesting that a close aide of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, Udith Lokubandara, had siphoned 35 million rupees from the Premier’s bank account over...
The manner in which the government has snatched defeat from the jaws of victory, mismanaging the Covid-19 pandemic is a truly remarkable tale of arrogance, incompetence and inefficiency.
Around late September last year, Sri Lanka was well in control of...
