As the UNP leadership conundrum intensified and the top stakeholders prepared to address issues raised by the party faithful and the media, including The Sunday Leader, there was growing evidence that the leadership stakes had moved up a notch or two. The four colour printing press that went missing from UNP headquarters The last several [...]
In the aftermath of the IIFA tamasha, normalcy returned to Colombo and the post mortem began. The divisive nature of the commentaries was par for the course in Sri Lanka. The President was miffed at having a pretty low turnout for his tea party though his organisers ought to have known better: to invite Bollywood [...]
The results more or less are in – they may not yet be officially confirmed by the Elections Commissioner, but the results are by and large known to all and sundry. A zealous disregard for the opposition and a healthy show of hands for the government. Except of course that on the whole nearly half [...]
For an election night, April 8th night was unusually quiet. There was hardly a cracker bursting to disturb the sleep. This election was expected to give the Rajapaksa regime a clear majority. Yet if one was expecting something spectacular in this election to the 14th parliament, it is there in glaring form. It is there [...]
President Rajapaksa is clear about his post election life. “Whether one likes it or not, I am here for seven years” he belted out at a public rally in Kalutara District. The President now has the “one year” he gave up with the presidential elections held before its due date, added to his second term. [...]
General Fonseka’s Predicament Inspires Legal Titans The Sarath Fonseka phenomenon has not left the front pages in spite of his retirement and despite his loss at the presidential poll. Just as in victory, when President Rajapaksa propelled the former Army Commander towards kudos and adulation, in adversity it was the Rajapaksa administration which fast tracked [...]
Sri Lanka’s former Army Commander has sensationally sought the assistance of the United Nations to assist him. In statements released General Sarath Fonseka attributes his predicament because he dared to challenge the incumbent President and his government. Maintaining his position that he is a civilian, he states that the government nevertheless proceeded to charge him [...]
The alliance of the opposition parties that came into being in a turbocharged time frame of some 40 days has finally shown its real purpose and intent. In spite of the very public pronouncements that the Alliance was created to fight corruption, nepotism and abuse of power, events now show a rather more avaricious intent [...]
We have the Fonseka Phenomenon still in overdrive; we have the self-anointed General of anti-corruption who has a Rs 78 million question mark to sort out; we have the opposition scooting off to the clergy complaints in hand; we have a section of the clergy who are in unholy relationships with a terminally ill violence-experienced [...]
Election result set to stand as UNP negotiates to keep its identity JVP scurries around to maintain survival via any alliance List of campaign donors exposes double game of the wealthy Karu Jayasuriya appeals to the clergy on election result President Mahinda Percy Rajapaksa’s election victory was described as resounding, easy and by the opposition [...]
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