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My dear voters, I thought of writing to you again because you will be going to the polling booths for a second time in less than two months to cast that all-important cross on the ballot paper on Thursday. It is a task which is as decisive as what you did in September. I hope [...]
Twists and turns in names and slogans for polls
The battle for preferential votes at the parliamentary election is on, and candidates have come up with some catchy phrases so that the voters remember them. The Sunday Times put together a list of some of the catchier ones. A Kandy District candidate contesting under the New Democratic Front (NDF) with the gas cylinder as its [...]
Composition of next Parliament paramount importance for economic recovery
The character of our democracy and the structure and performance of the economy will be determined by the composition and character of the parliament that will be elected next Thursday. Parliament Will we elect a parliament that will ensure good governance? Will honest and capable members be elected? Will the President have a majority in [...]
On presidential bombast and an uninspiring general election
When the National People’s Power (NPP) President Anura Kumara Dissanayake thunders from the political platform on the cusp of an uninspiring general election that hence-forth, ex-Sri Lankan Presidents must ‘make an application’ to be granted a residential house, is he confusing himself in thinking that he is the supreme fount of power to grant these [...]
Composition of new parliament key factor in determining future trajectory of governance
The outcome of the parliamentary elections on November 14, will undoubtedly shape and determine the future trajectory of the country in more ways than one. The economic challenges, the required changes in political culture, the rooting out of corruption, uniting a fragmented nation, reorganising and rebuilding the education and health sectors will require a strong [...]
US gives ‘powerful mandate’ to Trump: Can NPP pull off the same at our polls?
Donald Trump broke the mould of American politics to stage a historic comeback to the White House, the first time a president had ever made a non-consecutive return to power for over hundred and thirty years. It was an amazing victory that Trump had pulled off against his female rival Kamala Harris, who, along with [...]
Trump’s second coming with more promises as the world wonders
Centuries separate our little island from that land mass that stands between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and remains the world’s most powerful nation. But a long history and a rich heritage do not necessarily divide the big from the tiny. Dirty politics and political chicanery driven by greed and the thirst for power seem [...]
NPP expecting more than 120 seats in Thursday’s elections
Party secretary says a stable government will enable implementation of key policies SJB secretary claims party confident of massive victory, says government popularity on the wane Trump’s massive victory in US election good news for government US Justice Department claims Iranian suspect in Trump assassination attempt plotted to target Israeli tourists in Sri Lanka [...]
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