Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has been the real driving force behind the SLPP. It was his popularity and charisma that enabled those who were opposed to the Yahapalana government to gain political traction following the change of government in...
The National Organizer of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), Basil Rajapaksa, has broken his silence. Taking part in an interview with Derana TV, on Monday night, he spoke freely about the current political situation, what had gone wrong...
The Election Commission (LC) is reported to have said it will initiate the process of conducting the much-delayed Local Government (LG) elections towards the end of this month. But is being rumored that the mini polls will not be...
President Ranil Wickremesinghe finds himself in an unenviable position. He has had to perform what may be called politico-economic jugglery; he has to keep several balls in the air simultaneously without taking his eyes off the IMF bailout package...
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...
Speculation is rife in political circles that the government has not abandoned its efforts to postpone the local government (LG) election again although it is in a spot where the election laws are concerned. When the Opposition claimed in...
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...
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...
