Budget 2025:
by Vishvanath
There has been a mixed reaction to the NPP government’s maiden budget President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who is also the Minister of Finance, presented to the parliament on Monday (17). The government claims that it has been...
by Vishvanath
It seems that Lady Luck has ceased to smile on the NPP government since its spectacular victory in the 2024 general election. The prices of essentials have are increasing; farmers are protesting against guaranteed prices for their paddy...
by Vishvanath
Supermajorities for governments often come with great expectations of those who vote them into power. In Sri Lanka, political parties make numerous election promises, and the one that wins is left struggling to deliver on its pledges in...
By Vishvanath
The JVP owes its success to its skillful propaganda or strategic communication/messaging, among a few other things. Its sloganeering skills are simply unparalleled, as was seen during its presidential and parliamentary election campaigns late last year. The flipside...
By Vishvanath
The last thing that a government, troubled by a host of unresolved issues, wants ahead of an election is to be accused of a scam, a mega one for that matter. The incumbent JVP-led NPP administration finds itself...
by Vishvanath
The Opposition succeeded in putting the JVP-NPP government on the defensive, much earlier than expected, with the help of an effective propaganda campaign, highlighting the ruling alliances’ lapses, ineptitude, policy contradictions, and unfulfilled election promises. The SJB, the...
by Vishvanath
The UNP and the SJB are redoubling their efforts to forge a common electoral alliance before the upcoming local government (LG) elections slated for early April. They have had three rounds of talks so far, and the second...
by Vishvanath
The NPP leaders have become agitated as never before. They are on the offensive, berating their political opponents. They are also holding public rallies attended by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake himself and repeating their election promises. They have...
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...
