Gratitude and the Sri Lankan Presidential Election
Photo courtesy Maatram, via Flickr The CEO of a leading company is found out to have embezzled a significant quantity of money. This individual, however, has been responsible for bringing the firm…
Presidential Election 2015
Putting the provinces, women, and youth at the forefront of policy by the next President in Sri Lanka
Image courtesy The Curionomist The Presidential Election in Sri Lanka is due on 08 January 2015. This article argues the case for three critical policy priorities to steer Sri Lanka into an…
The New Hope
I have learned humility, to respect my brother, to walk on the straight line when the man in blue requires compliance, but I am not drunk, and I am not free, yet…
Mahinda Rajapaksa & Maithripala Sirisena 2015 manifesto wordclouds
In 2010, during the last Presidential Election campaign in Sri Lanka, visualised the manifestos of Sarath Fonseka and Mahinda Rajapaksa. Using the visualisations, we were able to draw interesting differences between the manifestos of the…
Does the North of Sri Lanka need a ‘Movement Joint’?
Photo courtesy Getty Images, by Buddhika Weerasinghe One of the features about the run up to the January 2015 Presidential election is the uncertainty about how the Northern voter will vote. This…
“An attack on unarmed citizens”: Interview with Sampath Samarakoon
Image courtesy The Editor of , Sampath Samarakoon, was mercilessly attacked by Hambantota Urban Council Chairman Eraj Frenando (of the toy pistol infamy) yesterday as he was taking part in a street drama…
CMEV & Groundviews updates over your mobile
, together with the Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV), both institutionally located at the Centre for Policy Alternatives, are now publishing key updates via WhatsApp as well as through a new…
PRIORITIES FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENT
I want to thank Mario and the family of ICES for asking me to make this presentation on what should be the priorities for the next president. There are of course many…
Development, Moral Order and Power-Money Politics: Critical Thoughts
Photo courtesy Marvellous Sri Lanka Interesting arguments and counter arguments emerge from the political stage in Sri Lanka these days as the campaigning for the Presidential election heats up. Political leaders on…
RESULTS: Online survey on Sri Lanka’s Presidential Election 2015
An online survey conducted by the Centre for Policy Alternatives asked five questions regarding the upcoming Presidential election. The objective of the survey was not to predict election results but to gather…
The TNA follows JVP strategy
Image via Al Jazeera No less a person than the JHU’s General Secretary, Patali Champika Ranawaka, went on record over the past weekend, stating that every attempt at campaigning by the joint…
The Contest
Photo via wx135 The announcement that Maithripala Sirisena, General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and Minister of Health in the Rajapaksa regime is to be The Common Candidate of…
An appeal from a Sri Lankan Catholic to Pope Francis: Please don’t come
Photograph courtesy Api Sri Lankan On 20th Nov. 2014, the President of Sri Lanka officially proclaimed his intention to hold presidential elections and seek a third term. This was when there was…
On backing Maithripala Sirisena: Beyond critical support and resigned endorsement
Photograph via VOA News The irony of the present political moment in Sri Lanka is that it appears the message of both Mahinda and Maithripala is essentially the same: ‘there is no substitute’.…
OPEN AND SHUT: ANOTHER LETTER TO OUR MAJESTY
Photo courtesy The Daily Beast Your Highness, I am writing to be Informing you that my wife is leaving home today, threatening to be joining the Opposition. Please do not be thinking…
