Cognisant of the political deadlock within the country, and as a means of ending it, President Maithripala Sirisena has referred to the need to abolish the 19th Amendment to the constitution. This as the landmark legislation that reduced the powers of the presidency and increased the autonomy of state institutions. Both of these measures have […]
Presidential Election 2019
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By declaring that the Presidential election will be on 7 Dec the President usurped the powers of the EC -S.R.H. Hoole
Image: Prof. S.R.H. Hoole speaking wearing a Sufi hat in solidarity with Sufi Muslims. GA and District Secretary Vedanayahan, Prabhus assembled here, including women, friends: When I accepted appointment as a Member of the Commission, it was on a happy day. We had come out of a hellish, brutish period when many men and women had been […]
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Sri Lanka president says undecided whether to run in upcoming poll
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said on Friday that he had not decided on seeking another term in an election that is due by year-end. “I am not in a hurry to decide whether to stand,” Sirisena told a news conference in New Delhi, a day after attending Indian Prime Minister […]
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Sri Lanka: To defend Democracy, a broad conversation among all Democrats needed – Jayadeva Uyangoda.
Image: A protester during the Oct 2018 constitutional coup. In democracies, elections usually are significant political turning points. In democratic theory, an election marks two key opportunities to the people as well as the rulers. For the people, it marks the periodic occasion to elect their rulers and grant them authority to rule over them for […]
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Sri Lankan Leadership – Completing the True Picture – Gajalakshmi Paramasivam
Current leaders of an apparently professional group of which we are members are trying to organize a reunion in honour of a visiting member of the alumni from the UK. That is like an official of the UN Human Rights Council visiting Sri Lanka. Given that I did not hear anything of importance about this […]
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Wanted a candidate for 2019 Myth and fallacy Of 50% plus for Presidency – K.K.S. Perera
(2018-09-04) Sri Lankan voter, though highly literate, lacked the ability to apprehend the true nature of politics. If so happens, it could be worse than the present animosity, enmity and bitterness among the heads . “Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.” —Bertrand Russell. Quite a few politicians from both sides of […]
