Home Democratising State Power through Alternative Means Representatives of various groups came together at a meeting organized by the Punarudaya (Renaissance) Movement in Colombo on Tuesday to strengthen people’s power against the undemocratic practices of the country’s leaders. The Punrudaya Movement according to its website is “an independent, liberal, secular, classless and plural movement.”

Representatives of various groups came together at a meeting organized by the Punarudaya (Renaissance) Movement in Colombo on Tuesday to strengthen people’s power against the undemocratic practices of the country’s leaders. The Punrudaya Movement according to its website is “an independent, liberal, secular, classless and plural movement.”

The slogan written in Sinhala s and seen at a recent protest in Colombo says, “This is our country, not your personal treasure”.   A telling rebuke to President Sirisena and all Parliamentarians whose recent behaviour has plunged the country into political and economic chaos.
Participants of street demonstrations in Sri Lanka are usually limited to supporters of political parties, students, the unemployed or trade unions etc.  Seeing the country’s elite or professional communities such as those in the picture, participating in a silent vigil in Colombo to protest the sudden dissolution of Parliament by the President is a rare sight. Sri Lankans need to re-think and introduce sustainable movements if democratic and people- centred governance is to be maintained.

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