Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is a political rubber ball, in a manner of speaking; he has a remarkable ability to bounce back up after falls. He is given to lateral thinking and it is difficult to get inside his...
There has been much hullabaloo over the proposed anti-terrorism law, which is widely thought to be part of a strategy to strengthen President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s position and help the SLPP-UNP administration keep its political opponents, trade unions and civil...
Aragalaya has become part of Sri Lanka’s political lexicon, and often figures prominently in parliamentary debates, too, as it did on Thursday (23). It came to an end on 22 July 2022, when the STF, the Army and the...
The government is pulling out all the stops to postpone the local government (GL) elections indefinitely. It has even challenged a Supreme Court (SC) interim order and resorted to something unprecedented in this country. The parliament has decided to...
Wednesday’s countrywide strike made the Rajapaksa-Wickremesinghe administration bite the bullet and offer to negotiate with the protesting trade unions. Government propagandists went into overdrive to make little of the strike, and play down its politico-economic fallout, but the harsh...
The Rajapaksa-Wickremesinghe government has changed its strategy in trying to postpone the Local Government (LG) polls indefinitely. Earlier, it placed itself on a collision course with the Election Commission (EC) by depriving the latter of funds needed for elections....
Friday’s Supreme Court (SC) interim order has boosted the morale of the Opposition and demoralized the government beyond measure. The SLPP and UNP politicians were quite upbeat following President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s recent parliamentary speech, wherein he made it abundantly...
Sri Lankans have earned notoriety for voting unwisely, electing the wrong people to govern them and then protesting. But there is no gainsaying that they cherish their franchise and are ready to go to any extent to safeguard it,...
Speculation is rife in political circles that former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, MP, will be reappointed Prime Minister soon. The SLPP has chosen to remain silent on rumors to that effect, and Mahinda gives evasive answers when journalists ask him...
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...
Sovereignty, which is said to reside in the people, consists in powers of government, fundamental rights and franchise. The infringement of any of these rights amounts to an attack on people’s sovereignty and democracy besides being a blatant violation...
Sri Lanka may be experiencing various shortages, but it is never short of issues for public debate, the latest being President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s recent offer to devolve the police and land powers to the Provincial Councils. Everybody is nowtalking...
