With Rajapaksa delaying his resignation and Wickremesinghe posturing to become Acting President, even if it is for a few days, the opposition has also been caught flatfooted. It was clear for some time that the leading personalities in...
The collective opposition needs to think ‘out of the box’. The bare minimum they can do is to work together and try to formulate a cohesive strategy against the common enemy- the Rajapaksa regime- instead of bickering about who...
A fait accompli for Ranil.
Deposed Rajapaksas are testing the waters to make a comeback
Namal Rajapaksa earned a rebuke from cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya for appearing in a press briefing with Minister Kanchana Wijesekara. Jayasuriya, who hit out in style,...
As evident from his comments to an overseas news agency, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is now in no mood to resign, nor is he amenable to a peaceful transfer of his presidential powers through a robust 21st Amendment and Wickremesinghe...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has attracted a lot of flak for his arrogance and lack of judgment which has led Sri Lanka to the plight that it currently finds itself in. After two and a half years, he has acknowledged...
Is the 21st Amendment yet another political ruse, a mere cosmetic exercise where Parliament will go through the motions of trying to enact the amendment and then, through mounting legal challenges and procrastinating, try to buy time till the...
Betrayal has been part and parcel of Sri Lankan politics for decades now and politicians crossing over for a mere Cabinet portfolio has become more of a norm than the exception and this should not elicit surprise. Even so,...
Wickremesinghe is still not one of ‘them’. He will not be able to dictate terms to the Rajapaksas or alter their plan of action. This was evident in Parliament on Tuesday. Wickremesinghe proposed that the election of a Deputy...
By KASSAPA
The drama went according to script, at least initially. Mahinda Rajapaksa’s final speech at Temple Trees betrayed the fact that he didn’t wish to resign honourably. If he did, all he had to do was to send in...
• 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...
What is interesting is that the once invincible unity among the Rajapaksa brothers appears to have been shattered. Gotabaya Rajapaksa will not hear of resigning, nor will Mahinda. Even more alarmingly, each appears to be willing to sacrifice the...
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa speaking in Parliament, offered to repeal the 20th Amendment to the Constitution and re-introduce the 19th Amendment with necessary modifications.
The same Rajapaksa brought in the 18th Amendment to replace the 17th Amendment, which aimed...
