By Vishvanath
Sri Lanka goes to the polls on Saturday (21) to elect the ninth Executive President. All presidential elections are important, but tomorrow’s one could be considered more important than others, for it has come about amidst the country’s...
By Vishvanath
Election campaigns have reached feverish pitch with only a few more days to go before the 2024 presidential election. All serious candidates have put out their election manifestos, but the public has grown so cynical that it is...
Sajith secures ITAK’s support; Ranil and Anura continue to woo Tamil voters
By Vishvanath
The much-awaited presidential election is only about 11days away, and the election campaigns of political parties in the fray are heading for the mandatory cooling-off period which...
By Visvanath
President Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday (Sept. 05) sacked State Ministers Premalal Jayasekera, Indika Anuruddha, Mohan Priyadarshana and Siripala Gamlath. They are loyal to the Rajapaksa family. Ironically, they are among the SLPP MPs who enabled Wickremesinghe to achieve his...
By Vishvanath
Social media platforms are awash with news about crowds of varying sizes at political rallies. The leading presidential candidates boast of their well-attended meetings, which receive wide publicity. They have pulled out all the stops to attract huge...
By Vishvanath
The prolonged electoral drought Sri Lanka has experiencedsince the last general election (2020) is coming to an end with the prospect of what may be called a deluge of polls beginning with the presidential election to be held on Sept. 21, 2024. The polls spree is bound...
By Vishvanath
Sri Lanka is no stranger to election promises, which usually range from the improbable to the outrageous. Its politicians have got making promises down to a fine art. The polity is strewn with broken promises after every election,...
By Vishvanath
This is the season of pledges. With the next presidential election fast approaching, the contenders for the presidency are making all kinds of promises ranging from pay hikes to constitutional reforms. It looks as if they were taking...
by Vishvanath
A billboard carrying a picture of a gas cylinder, which is President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s election symbol, has been erected on the frontage of UNP headquarters, Sirikotha, at Pita Kotte. The display of any party symbol other than the Elephant...
By Vishvanath
What is unfolding on the political front in Sri Lanka is unprecedented. Never have so many MPs crossed over en masse either before or after an election. More than 90 MPs have broken ranks with the SLPP to support President...
By Vishvanath
SLPP National Organizer Namal Rajapaksa’s entry into the presidential fray has triggered a social media feeding frenzy, which, however, will fizzle out with the passage of time whenserious issues crop up and distract the public. JVP/NPP stalwart, K. D. Lalkantha, has created...
By Vishvanath
The Sri Lanka Podu Jana Peramuna (SLPP) had a meteoric rise in politics. Founded in 2016, as an offshoot of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), which turned hostile towards the Rajapaksa family, it swept the local government...
