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...
By Vishvanath
Both the SLPP and the SJB are experiencing intraparty disputes, the last thing any political party wants in the run-up to a crucial election, which it cannot afford to lose.
Differences between SJB Chairman Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka and...
By Vishvanth
Rhetoric and diatribe are crescendoing as the next presidential poll approaches. Some election campaigns have already gone into overdrive with prospective candidates traversing the country in a bid to garner votes. Speculation is still rife in political circles that the government may...
by Vishvanath
Chief Government Whip and Minister Prasanna Ranagunga has been quoted by the media as saying, after an SLPP event in Minuwangoda over the weekend, that his party would not field a presidential candidate, and it will back someone...
By Vishvanath
Speculation is rife in political circles that the SLPP and the UNP will part company soon and contest the upcoming presidential election separately. Their marriage of convenience may have worked during the past two years or so, but...
By Vishvanath
It is now clear that the proposed debate between SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa and his JVP/NPP counterpart, Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD), is a nonstarter in spite of streams of rhetoric let out by both sides frequently. On Thursday...
By Vishvanath
Former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia Udayanga Weeratunga, a close associate of SLPP Founder Basil Rajapaksa,has reiterated that the government is planning to hold a snap general election before the next presidential contest. He told reporters in Colombo...
By Vishvanath
There seems to be no end in sight to the SLFP’s problems, which are legion. It never rains but it pours for the once formidable centre-left party, which is now a shadow of its former self. The Election Commission has...
By Vishvanath
Ill-conceived words, when uttered in public during an election campaign, have the potential to inflict irreparable damage on a political party and ruin its chances of winning. Hence the need for spokespersons for political parties to exercise control over their...
By Vishvanath
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has intensified his presidential election campaign in the North and the East parallel to electioneering in other parts of the country. He was in the North on Friday, distributing land, attending various ceremonies, launching development projects and...
By Vishvanath
The UNP is floating a story that President Ranil Wickremesinghe has told a recent Cabinet meeting in no uncertain terms that a presidential election would be held first, and funds for it had already been allocated. It seems...
