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...
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...
