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A delegation led by China’s Ambassador Qi Zhenhong was the first diplomatic team to visit the North and East following the general elections, which turned out to be historic when it came to the Jaffna district, with the ruling National Peoples’ Power winning a majority of the seats there. Hailing the NPP win in Jaffna [...]
Rumpus over Ravi
My dear Ravi, I am writing to you to congratulate you on having yourself appointed to Parliament in the simplest possible way—getting a secretary loyal to you to send your name to the Election Commission without telling anyone else. You have stretched the saying ‘politics is the art of the possible’ to its maximum. There [...]
Great expectations, opportunities and challenges
The new government that commands a two-thirds majority in parliament has raised great expectations and hopes of national unity, good governance, and a more egalitarian society. Will the government be able to eradicate corruption, forge national unity, and usher in a prosperous country for all? Enormous opportunity For the first time in the country’s post-independence [...]
From economic bankruptcy to moral bankruptcy of politicos
In the euphoria associated with the outcome of the presidential and parliamentary elections and the activity surrounding the formation of the new government and the appointment of cabinet ministers, two happenings that are reflective of the deterioration of the country’s political culture have not received the attention they deserve. The first incident related to the [...]
Sri Lanka; as the ‘old’ withers away, the ‘new’ struggles to be born
Long before election fever gripped Sri Lanka, the writing was on the wall signalling that a maddened electorate will opt for amputation of ‘mainstream’ limbs of the nation’s political establishment at the speed of greased lightning. The sins of the past Pushed beyond limits by a crassly arrogant ruling class, public fury turned with a [...]
Ravi K explodes toxic gas from Ranil’s cylinder to enter House of Parliament
NDF Alliance’s Flower Road office turns into a hotbed of fiery rage Finance Minister of the Yahapalana Government when the Central Bank’s bond scam scandal broke out, Ravi Karunanayake had used his manifest skills to outwit his leader and party colleagues in the Ranil led New Democratic Party to steal a march over fellow contenders [...]
Battling for the dregs and a seat in parliament
Could you believe it! That veteran combatant from our Grand Old Party, who was once finance minister and then foreign minister and then whatnot, is unable to stay out of the people’s assembly. He is in the fray again, and this time it is said with his own party brethren. His memory was not functioning [...]
President outlines multi-sectoral vision for Sri Lanka
Previous government’s agreements with IMF and creditors stay No place for religious extremism and racism Major drives aimed at bringing the corrupt to justice, restoring public trust in the rule of law, and establishing a clean Sri Lanka Opposition SJB mired in conflicts over national list slots; NDF also in similar crisis By Our [...]
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