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Sri Lankans in every nook and corner of the country are now focused on the presidential election on November 16. Therefore, the electronic, print and even the social media are full of reports on an event that would make history as well as guide their destiny for the next five years. Print media journalists were [...]
The baton was passed on, let’s see if they will win the relay
My dear Green Man, I thought I must write to you, now that you are fee from the burden of campaigning and being a candidate. That must be a big change for you as you have been in the forefront of all the Green campaigns for the past twenty-five years, even if most of them [...]
Formidable economic challenges in 2020
The economic challenges facing the country are formidable. The country is pre-occupied with the forthcoming Presidential election on November 16th, while the economy is in dire straits. A root cause of this economic predicament is the country’s electoral politics. This year’s economic growth is dipping below 3 percent and the fiscal imbalance is growing. The [...]
Upping the game of protecting ‘war heroes’
Sri Lanka’s floating voters, struggling to find their feet in the unpromising pandemonium of November’s Presidential elections, can only flinch from ‘Pohottuwa’ Presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s promise at his inaugural campaign rally following nominations in Anuradhapura on Wednesday, that he would free all ‘war heroes’ held in custody on ‘bogus charges’ the day after he [...]
US abuses diplomatic status: Lessons for Sri Lanka
Two weeks ago, the wife of a US official based in the UK killed a teenage motorcyclist in a road accident while driving away from a Royal Air Force base where her husband was stationed. Although the police here said that Anne Sacoolas, the driver of the vehicle, had told them she would be available [...]
SLFP tests the mattress for spring before leaping straight to bed with SLPP’s Gota
No political party worth its salt, especially a major political force such as the SLFP, which dominated Lanka’s political stage for over sixty years, can afford to remain without fielding a candidate of its own or supporting a common one at any presidential election. In the last dying days of his presidency, SLFP leader Maithripala [...]
SLFP support for Gota – how Sirisena chose to remain “neutral”
Sajith draws unprecedented crowd for inaugural Galle Face rally, but bigger challenge will be to draw supporters to polling booth Gotabaya also draws massive crowd for first rally; gets a major boost from Elpitiya election results Skulduggery in politics or politicians changing the truth for lies or vice versa is a global phenomenon. The days when [...]
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