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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...

European Union requests Sirisena to reconvene the Parliament immediately.

Statement by the Spokesperson on the situation in Sri Lanka. Bruxelles, 29/10/2018 .   The sudden deterioration of the situation in Sri Lanka over the weekend puts...

The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) condemns Sirisena’s action in the...

CPA Statement on the Current Constitutional Crisis. October 29th 2018, Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) condemns in the strongest possible terms the...

President Sirisena’s actions have put Sri Lankan democracy in peril –...

Avoidable crisis: on Sri Lanka’s political crisis, Editorial, The Hindu. OCTOBER 29, 2018. President Sirisena’s actions have put Sri Lankan democracy in peril. Sri Lankan President Maithripala...

Presidential coup that will send the Sri Lanka into darkness

By an activist of the 2015 social media group. ‘So Sri Lanka,’ you are back to square one! In most countries when politicians fail, we see...

Global pressure rises on Sri Lanka president to defuse political crisis

Image: President Maithripala Sirisena sacked Ranil Wickremesinghe, and appointed ex-president Mahinda Rajapaksa as Sri Lanka’s new prime minister.(AFP) China, long seen as a supporter of Rajapaksa,...

UN Secretary General urges Sri Lanka to respect democracy, constitution

ECONOMYNEXT – The United Nations Secretary General António Guterres has expressed concern over Sri Lanka’s political crisis and has asked for democracy and constitution...

Unconstitutional removal of PM will create instability: Church of Ceylon

The arbitrary removal of a sitting Prime Minister in an unconstitutional manner will plunge the nation into a state of instability, fear and chaos,...

Sri Lanka: SLPP loyalists forcibly take over state media institutions

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) loyalists have taken control of most state media institutions after the swearing in of Mahinda Rajapaksa as Prime Minister. Sri...

Sirisena’s action has plunged the country in to a political crisis:...

The dismissal of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe following the withdrawal of the SLFP headed by President Maithripala Sirisena from the government alliance has plunged...