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Political turmoil could test Sri Lanka’s ties with international community
LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI/AFP/Getty Images: A Demonstration in Colombo on November 4, 2018.
The U.S. and Japan have both paused their respective projects in Sri Lanka amid...
Politically speaking, ‘a plague on both your houses’ – Kishali Pinto...
Continuing his swift disastrous strike last Friday, President Maithripala Sirisena has taken a familiar problem of public fury with an inept and malfunctioning Government...
Sri Lanka : The Return of a Supremacist – Anura Gunasekera
Never has the truth of that hackneyed cliche’, “ in politics there are no permanent friends or permanent enemies, but only permanent interests”, been...
Prez Sirisena’s action both undemocratic and unconstitutional- Statement by Professionals
Statement on the Constitutional Crisis
Recent actions of President Maithripala Sirisena purporting to remove Mr. Ranil Wickremasinghe from office as the Prime Minister and the...
Sri Lanka: From uncertainty to crisis – Jayadeva Uyangoda
Whatever turn developments may now take, Sri Lanka’s fragile process of democratic recovery is in peril.
Last Friday, Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena sacked Prime...
The Elders call on Sri Lanka’s leaders to uphold constitutional law
The Elders express grave concern at the situation in Sri Lanka following President Maithripala Sirisena’s unconstitutional decision to dismiss Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and...
Sri Lanka’s constitutional crisis : ICG lists out steps for international...
While Sirisena and Rajapaksa may currently have the upper hand, the outcome of the power struggle is still undecided. Influential governments and international institutions...
Sri Lanka AG signals illegal sacking of PM
Image: Protest in Colombo, 30 Oct 2018.
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Attorney-General refusing to respond to Speaker Karu Jayasuriya’s query about the legality of Prime...
Prez Siriena’s recent actions are shocking says students of South Asian...
“The mandate of the 2015 election in which Your Excellency was elected as President pledged to abolish the executive presidency and mitigate the balance...
Unconstitutional removal of PM Ranil Wickremasinghe – Dr. Jayampathy Wickramaratne
(Summary of statements made by (Dr) Jayampathy Wickramaratne, President’s Counsel and Member of Parliament at media briefings on the crisis triggered off by the...