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My dear Harini, I can see that you are a very busy lady these days, burdened as you are with the duties of your many ministries and, of course, being Prime Minister. I thought I must still write to you to congratulate you. After all, it is only about once in every 30 years or [...]
On what legal basis did President Dissanayake call out the armed forces to maintain ‘public order?
Is the Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) Presidency which came into power on a ‘reformist’ election platform able to legally justify the invocation of Section 12 of the Public Security Ordinance (PSO) using ‘special powers’ to call out the armed forces for the maintenance of public order? Sri Lanka’s pervasive militarisation Speaking to me soon after, [...]
Pragmatic economic policies vital to resolving formidable challenges
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the ninth executive president of the Democratic Socialist Re-public of Sri Lanka, faces formidable economic challenges. The economic policies he pursues will be of paramount importance for the resolution of the country’s economic problems. Pragmatic The adoption of pragmatic economic policies that ensure economic stability and growth rather than ideological and [...]
Parliamentary elections offer opportunity to take first steps in changing the political culture
National Peoples’ Power (NPP) Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake won the Presidential Election last month on the basis of, among other things, promises, to eliminate corruption and change the political culture that has taken root in the country in the last few decades. Both these factors continue to undermine good governance in the country and thereby [...]
Fears of all-out war in West Asia grips the world as revenge missiles strike Israel
In the midst of missiles raining revenge on Israel, fears increased this week of a full-blown war erupting in West Asia. Hours before America had warned, “Iran was preparing to launch ballistic missiles against Israel.” Iran’s Khamenei had not arrived at his decision rashly nor on impulse. Two months ago, Hamas leader Haniyeh had been [...]
AKD better watch more than his flanks
Some of the post-election sayings by the defeated trying to cover up their earlier sins, especially after clinging to the shaky Grusha bridge carrying a child—one of the poorest of allusions in retrospect—were the most jocular of defences uttered by ex-minister Dilum Amunugama. After the presence of hundreds of vehicles parked at Galle Face Green [...]
Ex-PM Dinesh to revive UNP-included PUFA for general election
President Dissanayake vows to persist with war on corruption; action against those involved in robbing the country UNP’s Rajitha says those who backed Wickremesinghe will contest the polls under the gas cylinder symbol All weapons issued to private citizens withdrawn; some had even five pistols By Our Political Editor The United National Party (UNP), once [...]
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