The former President is still an expert at public relations and knows how to deliver a political message in a few words.
We used to criticise Ranil Wickremesinghe because he was from the UNP. Now he has chosen the...
Sri Lanka has had eight Executive Presidents since then and at least some of them, especially in more recent times have been on the brink of being ‘mad men’ and that is why the country is in the plight...
Wickremesinghe is no political novice. Having been in this game for almost five decades he knows the legalities and loopholes of the Constitution. So, he must surely know that as Executive President with unprecedented powers under the 20th...
Should we take Ranil Wickremesinghe seriously?
The question is being posed because of comments Wickremesinghe made recently to Samantha Power who visited Sri Lanka recently in her current capacity as Administrator of the USAID programme.
Power is no stranger to Sri...
Who is carrying out the Rajapaksa legacy better than the Rajapaksas in the absence of the Rajapaksas? It is none other than Ranil Wickremesinghe who is being appropriately described in some circles as ‘Ranil Rajapaksa’.
If any convincing evidence was...
Less than two months after the departure of Gotabaya Rajapaksa from office there appears to be a political resurgence of sorts with the formation of several new parties and attempts to rejuvenate more established political parties. Is this all...
Pardoning Ramanayake is the greatest political hoax of recent times
Harin Fernando promised to wear a black ‘saatakaya’ or shawl in Parliament as a mark of protest, until Ramanayake was released. He also pledged to resign from his...
We do not wish to argue the merits or otherwise of Mudalige’s deeds in these columns. However, we do firmly believe that, if indeed Mudalige has transgressed his boundaries and committed any criminal or violent acts, the country’s criminal...
The ‘pohottuwa’ party or the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) may not be in full bloom, but it hasn’t withered away either. In fact, it is hibernating until the time is right to bloom again.
When the ‘aragalaya’ or...
The role of Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Deshanbandhu Tennakoon on May 09 attracted much attention. Video footage broadcast on national television showed how negligent he was in preventing the violence at Galle Face. Perhaps he even...
In the first days of his Presidency, all eyes have been on President Ranil Wickremesinghe to ascertain what direction he will take. Bereft of power and a majority in Parliament which he needs to govern, will he meekly toe...
In a strange quirk of circumstance, Wickremesinghe was elected from the votes of MPs from his rival party. Instead of playing the role, he is supposed to play- that of transforming the political framework to a more democratic one-...
