Politics

Governance in disarray

By Dilrukshi Handunnetti

It is almost a fashion for Sri Lankan political leaders to speak periodically of consensus, cohabitation, bipartisanship and national governments. The idea of a political union between the two main parties has often been romanticised and is permanently in vogue, though nothing concrete has been achieved so far despite the popular support for such an initiative.

In the recent political history, bipartisanship between the two main parties was advocated and supported by former Under Secretary, Foreign Commonwealth Office, Liam Fox. In 1997, Fox managed a political trot, but the cohabitation between the PA and the UNP reached some six years ago remains not worth the paper it is written on, if the acrimonious relations between the signatories are anything to go by.

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