This rebellion is different: it is not politically motivated; it is devoid of racist undertones and it calls for a change of systems instead of a mere change of the party in power. It also has the backing of...
Now the government has changed tactics. Its attack dogs, Rohitha Abeygunawardena and Johnston Fernando, silent for some time, are barking again. The strategy is to go to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), work out an initial short term relief...
• It is true that the Sri Lankan economy fared better under Wickremesinghe’s stewardship, particularly when Mangala Samaraweera was Finance Minister. Welfare measures were carefully targeted. There was a plan to resurrect the economy with a few well thought...
Whether we like it or not, Sri Lanka has been a democratic dynasty.
Most of our leaders have come from the same families, with a few notable exceptions. Dudley Senanayake followed D.S. Senanayake. Sirima Bandaranaike followed S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike. Chandrika Kumaratunga...
The SLPP coalition is now in disarray, and the SLFP is readying itself for a situation where it may have to go it alone at future elections. SLFP leader and former President Maithripala Sirisena is busy reinventing himself as...
From a government perspective, the protests should serve as the final warning. If they didn’t know it already, the public are not merely unhappy, they are livid. After Tuesday, the government should realisethat the next election will not be...
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...
It is unthinkable that Cabraal was acting of his own accord. He must have been echoing His Master’s Voice because he was being asked to do so by the powers that be. Cabraal is no great economic savant- he...
In his petition to the Supreme, Court Shani Abeysekera details how his attempts to investigate the NTJ and Zahran were thwarted by several obstacles, many months before the Easter attacks. The details contained in the petition, now available...
While differences of opinion within political parties are common, discussions about any such disagreements are best held behind closed doors and not from a public platform.
Whether all these diverse forces will coalesce closer to an election -...
Within the coalition, there is a game of cat and mouse game going on, between the SLPP and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) headed by former President Maithripala Sirisena. The latter has been unequivocally critical of the former,...
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...
