by Vishvanath
The Sri Lanka Podujana Permuna (SLPP) is now facingsomething it did not bargain for when it entered into an alliance with the United National Party (UNP) in 2022 and elevated Ranil Wickremesinghe to the executive presidency. Their union doubtlessly stood both sides in good...
By Vishvanath
The break-up of the political marriage of convenience between the SLPP and the UNP has come as no surprise. That uneasy union was doomed from the very beginning, and what held it together so long was adversity as...
By Vishvanath
The Election Commission (EC) has at long last decided to hold the next presidential election on Sept. 21, 2024. It has thus ended months of speculation that the government might do something to delay the crucial poll. However,...
By Vishvanath
What is happening in Sri Lankan politics is a textbook case of irony. The SLPP government, under President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s stewardship, is busy undoing what it pledged to do in its election manifestos or did after being voted...
By Vishvanath
The incumbent SLPP-UNP government is a contradiction in itself. It is doing exactly the opposite of what those who voted the SLPP into power expected. This fact became manifestly clear from a statement President Ranil Wickremesinghe made...
By VishvanathThe dynamics of the ongoing presidential race are undergoing radical changes with new political alliancesemerging and intra party rivalries and conflicts coming into the open. Political leaders have had to adapt theirstrategies accordingly.It is a mistake for anyone...
By Vishvanath
There seems to be no end in sight to efforts being made to delay the upcoming presidential election. Close on the heels of the dismissal by the Supreme Court of a fundamental rights (FR) petition which sought a...
By Vishvanath
The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday (July 09) summoned the Government Printer, the IGP, and the Post Master General for a discussion on the upcoming presidential election. Several rounds of such meetings usually take place before elections. The...
By Vishavanath
Marriages may be made in heaven, as is popularly believed, but political marriages are undoubtedly made on earth or perhaps even in hell, for they are uneasy, weak unions among self-serving politicians who act out of expediency rather...
By Vishvanath
President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s election campaign is going into overdrive as the presidential poll draws near. Soon after making an address to the nation and announcing Sri Lanka’s much-hyped external debt restructuring deal, the President attended a rally, held...
By VishvanathNo sooner had President Ranil Wickremesinghe indicated, in his address to the nation, onWednesday (26 June), that he would contest the upcoming presidential election than it was reportedthat another group of dissident SLPP MPs including ministers had decided...
By Vishvanath
The signs are that President Ranil Wickremesinghe will shortly announce his participation in the upcoming presidential contest. The Opposition has been able to have the public doubt whether he will run for President at all. However, a seasoned...
