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20th Amendment, Economy, Environment, Human Rights, International Relations, Pandemic, Parliamentary Elections 2020, Peace and Conflict, Presidential Election 2019

Gotabaya Rajapaksa: A Two Year Timeline

To coincide with the end of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s second year in office, the Centre for Policy Alternatives produced a video timeline detailing some of the defining moments of the President’s past…

Groundviews Groundviews on 11/22/202111/23/2021
20th Amendment, Colombo, Features, Issues, Pandemic, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance, Politics and Governance

2020: The Highlights

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Groundviews Groundviews on 12/29/202012/29/2020
20th Amendment, Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Corruption, Politics and Governance

Reform the Proposed 20th Amendment to Strengthen, Not Weaken, Transparency and Public Oversight

Following parliamentary elections, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa wasted no time in obtaining cabinet approval and thereafter gazetting the proposed 20th Amendment to the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka.  Many commentators have noted how…

Shreen Saroor Shreen Saroor on 09/28/202011/14/2020
18th Amendment, 20th Amendment, Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Politics and Governance

The 20A: A Very Wrong Approach to Constitution-Making

Photo Courtesy of Midday The proposed 20th Amendment has several major defects. One of its key faults is that its sponsors and framers have chosen a very wrong approach to constitution making.…

Prof. Jayadeva Uyangoda Prof. Jayadeva Uyangoda on 09/28/202010/02/2020
20th Amendment, Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Politics and Governance

20A is a Political Blunder

Déjà vu? Once upon a time, a mighty government with a two-thirds majority in parliament engaged in political opportunism, and radically changed the constitution of Sri Lanka. It ignored more than a…

Gehan Gunatilleke Gehan Gunatilleke on 09/24/2020
20th Amendment, Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Politics and Governance

And Then They Ruled Happily Ever After?

Photo courtesy of Twitter Think of it as the Rajapaksa fairy tale. Mother Lanka is captured by the messy and wobbly monster called Democracy. The Rajapaksa brothers and sons rescue her by…

Tisaranee Gunasekara Tisaranee Gunasekara on 09/20/202009/20/2020
20th Amendment, Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Politics and Governance

End to Sri Lanka’s Democracy: Shouldn’t it be Resisted?

The debate on the proposed 20th Amendment to Sri Lanka’s 1978 Constitution is gathering momentum. The proposal which has been published in the Government Gazette is indeed a constitutional bombshell, literally. Its…

Prof. Jayadeva Uyangoda Prof. Jayadeva Uyangoda on 09/20/202009/20/2020
20th Amendment, Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Long Reads, Politics and Governance

The 20th Amendment: Building a Future and Forgetting the Past

At the ceremonial opening of our first Parliament on 4th February, 1948 Mr. S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike addressed the nation with these words: “It is true that no people can live…

Professor Savitri Goonesekere Professor Savitri Goonesekere on 09/20/202009/20/2020
20th Amendment, Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Long Reads, Politics and Governance

20th Amendment, Sovereignty of The People and The Need for Approval at A Referendum

Photo courtesy New Indian Express The 20th Amendment to the Constitution Bill (20A) has been published. If I were to describe it in one sentence the 20th Amendment seeks to take the…

Dr. Jayampathy Wickramaratne Dr. Jayampathy Wickramaratne on 09/20/202009/20/2020
20th Amendment, Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Politics and Governance

The Perspective of Law Students on the Proposed 20th Amendment (Video)

The proposed 20th Amendment to the constitution seeks to repeal/amend all changes introduced by the 19th Amendment save three. They are the retention of five-year terms for the President and Parliament, the…

Groundviews Groundviews on 09/15/202009/25/2020
20th Amendment, Colombo, Constitutional Reform, Elections, Media and Communications, Politics and Governance

The End of Free and Fair Elections

The proposed 20th amendment will be the death of free and fair elections in Sri Lanka. The study of political communications and digital propaganda for over a decade leaves no room for…

Sanjana Hattotuwa Sanjana Hattotuwa on 09/10/202009/20/2020

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