Tensions in the SLFP have come to a head, and a purge of sorts has begun. Some dissidents including former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga (CBK) have been suspended from the party, others being Nimal Siripala de Silva (former Senior...
SLPP National Organizer and former Minister of Finance Basil Rajapaksa returned from the US on Sunday (20). It is widely thought that he has done so to ensure that the government will be able to muster enough votes in...
by Vishvanath
Elections are a worrisome proposition for any government even if its approval ratings are high. The Rajapaksa-Wickremesinghe administration, whose popularity has reached its nadir, has been left with no alternative but to come to terms with the prospect...
The assignment of colors to political parties for the purpose of differentiation is interesting, and could even be confusing at times, what has just been reported from the US being a case in point. Having retained control of the...
The D. A. Rajapaksa statue, which was pulled down by a violent mob in Tangalle, on May 09, in the aftermath of an SLPP goon attack on a group of anti-government protesters occupying the Galle Face Green, was restored...
There appeared to be more police riot squad personnel than protesters in Colombo on Wednesday (02)! What one beheld was a sea of white police helmets. Uniformed policemen wearing gas masks formed a wall of sorts across the road,...
Will Ranil Wickremesinghe make the SLPP regret having elected him the President and thrown a lifeline to his party, the UNP? This is the question one asks oneself when one hears some UNP seniors boasting at media briefings that...
Many MPs, especially those in the Opposition, waxed eloquent on the virtues of checks and balances during the recent parliamentary debate on the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution Bill, which was ratified, last week, with the Opposition voting for it...
Last Friday’s vote in the parliament on the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution Bill turned out to be a sort of contest between Basil Rajapaksa and his political rivals, who scored an impressive victory. It is no secret that...
There have appeared signs of trouble brewing in the SLPP-UNP government. The two parties got on like a house on fire for a couple of months following the appointment of UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe as Prime Minister, at the...
The beleaguered SLPP has sought to have the people believe that it has come in from the cold. It embarked on a reorganization campaign by holding a meeting in Kalutara over the weekend under the leadership of former President...
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...
