Elections: For whom and for what?
A critical examination of elections in Sri Lanka It is an election festival once again. The whole country is getting ready for the big fight where two war heroes meet in the…
A critical examination of elections in Sri Lanka It is an election festival once again. The whole country is getting ready for the big fight where two war heroes meet in the…
The late review is at an advantage, in that it is informed by the published critiques of others and subsequent responses online and in print. In this respect, watching Tracy Holsinger’s on…
A crucial issue for any type of stability and for good governance in Sri Lanka is the restoration of law and order. Litanies of complaints have been made by politicians and almost…
Authors note: This expands on a comment I left on Groundviews here, in response to my last article . Tamils must not play a sectarian role in the presidential election. That’ll be…
In a one dimensional interview with the , General Sarath Fonseka outlined his grievances before the people and we got an idea why he is running for the highest office in the…
A number of columnists have commented on the various different aspects of the Provincial Council elections held in 2008 /2009 beginning with the Eastern PC elections in May 2008. These comments have…
In the past few weeks newspapers were rife with speculations of a possible presidential or parliamentary election that was ‘coming soon’. Confirming most of these speculations, President Mahinda Rajapakse announced the presidential…
The ongoing “Rajapaksa-Fonseka battle” is a blessing in disguise for the Tamil-speaking people and the Sinhalese despite its immediate appearances; because the upcoming debates are bound to change the confused Sinhala consciousness…
In previous presidential elections, although the (generally) two primary candidates were far from satisfactory, one was generally the lesser of the two evils. The question whether President Rajapakse or General Fonseka is…
— Karl Marx — Paulo Freire As news of the upcoming election unfolds, I find myself considering the meaning of the notion the “common candidate” in general, and its application to General…
The results of the national elections are now by no means certain. There is a contest and as a consequence, there is the possibility that the presidency could change hands, which in…
Czechoslovakian President Vaclav Klaus signed the 2007 EU Lisbon Treaty on the 3rd of November thereby making the Treaty effective as of the 1st of December 2009. The Czech Republic was the…
— Dhammapada 121) — Buddha In November, 2009 I read two notable news stories in the internet. Â The first was a news story that appeared on 8 November, on a pro-JVP website:…
Much has been said, written and speculated about the anticipated presidential candidacy of General Sarath Fonseka. In my case, something good has come out of this SF for President business. I found…
While President Rajapaksa left the issue of elections steaming hot on the plate without any forks or spoons for popular consumption, the main opposition the UNP has been left grinding their teeth,…