by Vishvanath
On Dec., 20, 2024, this column highlighted a setback the ruling NPP had suffered in a cooperative society election in Moratuwa, one of the key electorates which delivered huge majorities to the NPP in the last general election....
By Vishvanath
The NPP government may not have bargained for the situation it finds itself in at present. It is struggling to fulfil its election pledges and even denying that it ever made some of them. Minister of Power and...
By Vishvanath
The Opposition has begun to sally forth, taking on the government, sooner than expected. The ruling JVP-led NPP may have thought its political rivals would take a month of Sundays to recover from crippling electoral blow they suffered last...
by Vishvanath
The SJB has sought to ridicule the JVP-led NPP by claiming that the latter treats its parliamentary group members like kindergarten students. It has claimed that the NPP MPs are lined up at the Madiwela housing scheme premises...
by Vishvanath
Oppositional forces are showing signs of gaining ground as the ruling JVP-led NPP is learning to navigate governance issues the hard way. The new government was expected to get off to a flying start, but it found itself...
By Vishvanath
A legal snag has stood in the way of the declaration of the local government (LG) elections, according to media reports, quoting the Election Commission (EC). Chairman of the EC Ananda Rathnayake is reported to have said his...
by Vishvanath
Sri Lanka is never short of issues, which range from frivolous to the serious, touching on everything from celebrity gossip to national security or debt restructuring, and they crowd out one another, especially on the political front. The...
by Vishvanath
NPP MP Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne has been elected unopposed as the Speaker of the 10th Parliament following the resignation of Speaker Asoka Ranwala on Friday (Dec. 13) over his failure to prove that he has a doctorate.
Interestingly,...
by Vishvanath
The JVP-led NPP government has bowed to the inevitable. Speaker Asoka Ranwala resigned from his post on Friday amidst calls from the Opposition for the government to remove him for allegedly making a false claim that he had...
by Vishvanath
The newly-elected NPP government finds itself in an unenviable position. It is under the microscope as well as tremendous pressure to carry out its election promises, especially tax and tariff cuts. It is struggling to make essential commodities freely available at...
By Vishvanath
An argument is being peddled in some quarters that the general secretaries of political parties have discretionary powers to appoint anyone of their choice to the parliament through the National List (NL) although the Election Commission (EC) has categorically stated that only the NL...
Nationalistic forces clawing their way up
by Vishvanath
The JVP-led NPP government has chosen to tread cautiously although it was expected to get off to a flying start. This may be due to the steep learning curve it is facing, among...
