Fears of defections and a possible defeat at tomorrow's voting on the second reading of the budget have shaken the Mahinda Rajapaksa administration that completed just two years only yesterday.
Will he dissolve Parliament to avoid the ignominy of a sizeable number including stalwarts deserting his Government?
As the budget debate meanders along in parliament, its striking feature is the lack of substance. Hardly any speech focuses on the fiscal and economic issues of the budget. Instead, there is a host of labels—name calling one could say.....
Eating his own words appears to come fairly easily to Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama. They seem to flow down his esophagus without too much constriction, like chewing the cud I suppose.
Last week's column discussed the working of the judiciary and government, therein dismissing the old notion that judges should be confined to the strict letter of the law in trying to remedy injustice.
When JVP Polonnaruwa MP S.K.Subasinghe told Parliament last week that people visiting betting centres were no longer betting on horses but on which MPs would be changing sides prior to the vote on the Budget tomorrow....
The vote on the budget which will decide the future of the government is scheduled for Monday.
For the Tamils, whether this government stays or falls is not of much interest. Both the PA and the UNP are hell bent on satisfying their ....
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Fears of defections and a possible defeat at tomorrow's voting on the second reading of the budget have shaken the Mahinda Rajapaksa administration that completed just two years only yesterday.
Will he dissolve Parliament to avoid the ignominy of a sizeable number including stalwarts deserting his Government?
As the budget debate meanders along in parliament, its striking feature is the lack of substance. Hardly any speech focuses on the fiscal and economic issues of the budget. Instead, there is a host of labels—name calling one could say.....
The vote on the budget which will decide the future of the government is scheduled for Monday.
For the Tamils, whether this government stays or falls is not of much interest. Both the PA and the UNP are hell bent on satisfying their .... 