There is no likelihood of a presidential election being held this year. The Constitution permits only popularly elected Presidents to advance presidential elections, and President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was elected by the parliament, cannot opt for early presidential polls...
Having been on the defensive in the face of propaganda onslaughts carried out by the Opposition from time to time, the government has apparently sought to launch a counterattack. It fired the first salvo from Anuradhapura on Wednesday (Feb....
SLPP intensifies campaign for general election
By Vishvanath
Pivithuru Hela Urumaya leader and dissident SLPP MP Udaya Gammanpila is reported to have said the SLPP is mounting pressure on President Ranil Wickremesinghe to dissolve the parliament on or before 15 May, 2024....
The government finds itself in what may be called ‘a holy mess’. Religious leaders who once supported it have turned against it, claiming that it has reneged on its promises to them.Prominent among the erstwhile friends turned critics of...
That the government would baulk at taking up the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution Bill for debate on Thursday (06) and putting it to the vote the following day was a foregone conclusion. It does not have a two-thirds...
Sri Lankans find themselves in a contradiction, a huge one at that. They desire to have strong leaders, and, at the same time, seek to strengthen democracy through checks and balances. Perhaps, this is arguably attributable to a kind...
Several Opposition parties are planning to form a grand coalition with a view to turning the tables on the government. Negotiations on the proposed alliance are already underway with the SJB, the SLPP dissidents and others discussing modalities, according...
Ex-President and leader of the SLFP, Maithripala Sirisena, is in the news again. A video of a Siyatha TV interview (17 Nov.) with him is doing the rounds on the Internet. Having maintained a very low profile for two...
The government is consolidating its power, having put the mainstream Opposition and Aragalaya protesters on the defensive. President Ranil Wickremesinghe did not mince his words, in the parliament, on Wednesday, when he said that never would he allow another popular uprising...
Some dissident government MPs have decided to function as an independent group in the parliament following the sacking of NFF leader Wimal Weerawansa and Pivithuru Hela Urumaya leader Udaya Gammanpila as ministers. Such a rift could not have come...
The JVP had been on cloud nine until recently, thinking that its efforts to reimage itself in a more positive light as a modern political entity had yielded the intended results, for there occurred an increase in its approval...
The beleaguered government seems to be working really hard to consolidate its hold on power, having made a tactical retreat—the resignation of the Cabinet—owing to the Mirihana mayhem (31 March), and subsequent waves of anti-government protests. There has been...
