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My dear Sajith, I thought I must write to you after seeing and hearing you on Tuesday leading all those people to Galle Face, just outside Gota maama’s office. It was a massive gathering. Even you must have been surprised at the response your Party had to your call for a protest against what’s going [...]
Colombo-based Western diplomats urge Sri Lanka to support Ukraine
As the oldest surviving democracy in Asia, history will judge Sri Lanka’s stand of the ‘middle path’ on the Eastern European conflict. The conflict saw Russia invading Ukraine–a sovereign, democratic nation represented at the United Nations. Sri Lanka came under severe criticism both locally and abroad after it abstained when the historic UN Resolution backed [...]
Constitution prevents beleaguered people from taking remedial action
Amidst the multiple crisis currently faced by the people of the country in their day to day lives, one of the most critical issues in governance debated and discussed by concerned citizens in the past seems to have gone off the radar. The criticisms of the Executive Presidency has been a part of the national [...]
Will devaluation and pricing policies resolve the crisis?
Undoubtedly, last week’s policy changes will create severe hardships to people. The devaluation of the Rupee and price revisions will worsen hardships people have endured for some time, as prices of essential items will increase to unbearable levels.The salient question is whether these policies will resolve the financial crisis and usher in an economic recovery. [...]
A Nation That Fell Upon Its Collective Swords
A lazy Western media narrative on how and why Sri Lanka came to be inflicted by a catalogue of financial, social and Rule of Law catastrophes, most recently reflected in Bloomberg’s opinion piece by Ruth Pollard on ‘How Four Powerful Brothers Broke an Island Nation’ (March 18th, 2022), is significant in what it omits more [...]
Countdown to meltdown
People power throng the city to cry enough is enough as living in Lanka turns into a daily act of raw courage With nothing left to offer or lose but their blood, toil, tears and sweat, people took to the streets on Tuesday to converge at the Galle Face Green to demonstrate their outrage at the [...]
As public anger grows over rising prices, people pluck up courage to blame President
President’s address to the nation falls short of public expectations SJB stages protest rally in Colombo, but leader Sajith faulted for making political speech out of sync with public mood After many weeks of foot dragging, the Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB), the country’s main opposition, added its might to protest the worsening economic turmoil, delivering [...]
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