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Police Chief Pujith Jayasundera is in the eye of a political cyclone with President Maithripala Sirisena wanting him to quit and sections of his coalition partner in the UNP administration wanting him to stay put.The President is disappointed over the rise in the crime rate. Some UNP ministers, much the same way they claim Sri [...]
Gotabaya’s impossible dream to become Lanka’s next president
This week on Tuesday as Pohottuwa presidential hopeful Gotabaya Rajapaksa walked in to the newly established express High Court to face charges of his alleged involvement in the Rs. 80 million D. A. Rajapaksa mausoleum case, he faced the media who asked him a pertinent question: ‘Reports say that Mahinda has ditched you as the [...]
Unperturbed Ranil rises above the din
In the hallowed precincts of a near 200- year old colonial institution Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe gave today’s students of Oxford University a lesson in colonial history and more. Some of them might not have been aware of the birth and death of the British Empire and what happened in between the beginning and the [...]
Biting the hand that fed you
My dear Maithri, I thought I should write to you when I heard that you had met Mahinda maama and Basil for a chat at SB’s home last week to try and see whether you could work together and oust the Greens from the government. Many were shocked to hear that but knowing you, I [...]
MPs fiddle with Constitution-making while fuel prices burn the populace
The Constitution-making process in the country, like most other things, is off track. While the Government began its Constitutional process in January 2016, a move which hasn’t made much headway, the JVP introduced the 20th Amendment to the Constitution to Parliament last month, only to have most of its clauses shot down by the Supreme [...]
The state of the economy: Is it in crisis?
The current economic difficulties have given rise to a controversy on whether the economy is in a state of crisis. Extreme positions have been taken that either the economy is in a severe crisis or is stable and strong. The salient issue is whether the economy is strong enough to withstand the current international economic [...]
Mayhem, murders and a warning of what may come
The Supreme Court’s affirming of the conviction of former parliamentarian Duminda Silva and three of his supporters for causing the death of politician Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra and others on 8th October 2011 reflect innovative judicial reasoning that has been ignored in typically sensationalist media coverage of the case. Well-articulated judicial reasoning No doubt, murders of [...]
Mahinda gets mandate from SLPP and JO for talks on Caretaker Govt.
Former President cautious about further dialogue with Sirisena, while President finds himself in a dilemma Conciliatory mood at talks between President and senior UNP ministers after Ranil’s call from London SB’s denial backfires, creates more speculation and divergent views Two days after they met secretly to talk of a caretaker grand coalition, President Maithripala Sirisena [...]
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