Last week was one that President Mahinda Rajapaksa wished had never come by. The years of telling the West to “go fly a kite” had come home to roost. It is the way of the international community. They do not have a gallery to play to. The powerful and influential “watch lobbies” bide their time, [...]
The week that went by was not sweet music to President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s ears. The riots and resultant resignation of the President of Maldives surprised many in Sri Lanka, but it was on the boil in the archepelago for sometime. More of that later. Further to this external turmoil was the full blown sabre rattling [...]
Another “Black” month got added to the Sri Lankan Calendar last Wednesday. After the infamous “Black July”, now its “Black January”. After President J. R. Jayawardne’s contribution in making the month of July, a “Black” month, President Rajapaksa took his turn in making the month of January, “Black”. The media organisations, 7 of them, decided [...]
It was a week that had the Indian External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna making headlines in Sri Lanka. He broke tradition, in many ways. His insistence on meeting with the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), the Tamilian political party in parliamentary opposition, before he met with the Government, had Minister Prof. Peiris and the big [...]
Last week there were more stories making the rounds on contemplated decisions made outside the cabinet meeting than decisions made inside. Of course, the usual briefing on cabinet decisions were spelled out, Thursday afternoon. For a regime that still wants to boast it has popular support, comparing itself to an opposition fractured and quarrelling red and green, it is [...]
UNP Deputy Leader Sajith Premadasa and Karu Jayasuriya extended an invitation to Sarath Fonseka on December 18, 2011 at the Welikada Prison when they visited him. Fonseka according to Premadasa and Jayasuriya had accepted the invitation by saying he was willing to play a role in the UNP. However, neither Fonseka nor the two UNP [...]
It was early January this year when Sri Lankans realised that people had taken the law into their hands. It was not confined to the people who were fighting for their just rights from an autocratic government. It was also those who had taken the law into their hands to dispense justice extra judicially to [...]
Ranil Wins But Will He Heal Wounds? “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” Martin Luther King, Jr. Ranil Wickremasinghe as expected retained his leadership title of the United National Party at an election prompted by a [...]
President Mahinda Rajapaksa returned to the country after taking part in a two-day conference in Bali, Indonesia a happy man. The President attended the fourth Democratic Congress in Indonesia and returned via Singapore. He was accompanied by Prof G. L. Peiris, Presidential Secretary Lalith Weeratunge, Central Bank Governor Ajit Nivard Cabraal, MP Sajin Vass Gunawardene [...]
It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself”. (Absurdum est ut alios regat, qui seipsum regere nescit.) Latin Proverb Karu Jayasuriya, like David Copperfield wants “more”. Last week the Co- Deputy Leader of the United National Party (UNP ), Karu Jayasuriya made his final call by making public that he [...]
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